Both Friday in Baal and yesterday in Hulst, Wout van Aert had to acknowledge his superior in Mathieu van der Poel. The difference was especially big yesterday on the banks of the Scheldt. While Van der Poel apparently drove away carelessly, Van Aert had some difficulty in securing his second place. “I certainly didn’t have great legs, but I’m not going to dramatize this.”
There was no question of serious disappointment at Wout van Aert. And that he might have made a wrong choice of materials by starting with a coarse tire profile, you could tell from his words …
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