Just five minutes is what Visma-Lease a Bike allowed host Sander Kleikers to question Wout van Aert on stage at their team presentation on Tuesday, before the Belgian star went to sit back down with his fractured ankle, now wrapped up in a boot after surgery, propped up on a small stand and cushion.
But even as he hobbled back to his seat, the optimism from the team surrounding Van Aert’s recovery was evident, with teammate Matteo Jorgenson quipping, “He’s being dramatic, he looked pretty good on the bike today.”
Clarifying further, Van Aert detailed how if he were in any other sport, probably other than cycling, the situation wouldn’t be quite so positive, and how, despite the overall confidence, it’s no guarantee that he will arrive at his biggest appointments in the spring at 100%.
“No, I’m not fully confident. Of course not, it’s a complicated injury, with the fracture and also the ripped off ligaments. So if I was a runner or anything else, I would be out for months, but hopefully, as a cyclist, it…
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