The Belgian Wout Van Aert (Visma Lease a Bike) achieved in Bayonne he triplets in Lap in the year of his debut, a special achievement he was able to celebrate with his family, a fact he described as “extraordinary.”
“It’s not that often that I can win when my family visits me for a race, so it becomes more special. It’s nice. My intention was to be in the breakaway, but I had a bad time in The first port is close I was about to give up, but I made one last attempt before reaching the top,” explained the Herentals cyclist at the finish line.
After much insistence, Van Aert managed to form a breakaway with 4 other runners, including the Spaniards Marc Soler. Despite the 4 passes on the route, this is the strongest.
“The climbers in the group are not fresh and that’s what I was able to win. It’s a bit of an exaggeration to say that I can win any stage, but it’s nice to be in a race like this with such a versatile profile. And when I finish. in a situation like this, I always have a choice. It’s a very cool achievement,” he explained.
Van Aert recalled that his ambition was “to win stages and the green jersey, although at the beginning it was also the red jersey, which is no longer the goal. Now the team will try to continue on this line.”
“Winning three stages out of 10 is great, I feel a lot of satisfaction, and with these legs and with this team I aspire to win more,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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