Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Wout van Aert can gradually look ahead again after his heavy crash in Dwars door Vlaanderen. The Belgian from Visma | Lease a Bike has made it a goal to retake the Tour of Norway. That writes HLN.
Van Aert has been back on the bike for about two weeks, and if his recovery continues well, then the comeback in Norway is realistic. The damage that the ex-winner of Milan-San Remo suffered in Dwars door Vlaanderen was not insignificant. In addition to his collarbone, Van Aert also broke seven ribs and his sternum, meaning that the other classics and the Giro d’Italia were excluded from his program. were deleted.
The Tour of Norway is scheduled for May 23 to 26. This should be followed by more specific training towards the Belgian time trial and road championships, which are on the calendar on June 20 and 23.
The big goal of the summer will be the Olympic Games. But Visma | Van Aert would also like to use Lease a Bike in the Tour de France beforehand, writes HLN yet. Now that it seems increasingly unlikely that defending champion Jonas Vingegaard will be ready, he can go for stage victories and prepare for the Games at the same time.
