The Belgian Wout Van Aert (Jumbo Visma) could make his Vuelta a España debut in the 79th edition that leaves Lisbon on August 17a goal that will allow him to prepare the attack at the World Cup in Zurich.
Van Aert (Herentals, 29 years old), triple cyclocross world champion, winner of Milan San Remo and Amstel and 9 stages of the Tour de France in his 44 professional victories, He is already preparing the spring classics, overseeing tours in Flandersas among his spring aspirations are the “Ronde van Vlaanderen” and the Paris Roubaix before facing the Giro d’Italia.
As reflected by Het Laatste Nieuws, in the programming of the World runner-up on the road and the national time trial, the races held before the great classics are the Algarve Tour, Strade Bianche and Through Flanders.
Before the end of the year, Van Aert will have an appointment in cyclocross, as he will participate between December and January in around 10 races, in 6 of them in a duel with his usual rival and rainbow jersey Mathieu Van der Poel.
With the Tour de France out of the way, Van Aert will head to the Paris Olympic Games looking to improve on the silver medal he won in Tokyo. Later on the event is the Vuelta a España, which the Belgian can use to prepare for the Zurich World Cup. which will take place between September 22 and 29.
Source: La Verdad
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