Wout van Aert taking ‘baby steps’ in recovery from knee injury that knocked him out of Vuelta a España

Wout van Aert made one small ‘baby step’ in his rehabilitation from a knee injury that knocked him out of the Vuelta a España while leading both the points and mountains classification. On Wednesday, he walked 2.74 kilometres with his partner Sarah De Bie and proudly posted his file to Strava.

Van Aert crashed on a wet descent on stage 16 to Lagos de Covadonga on September 3 and suffered a bruised bone near his knee, an injury that called an early end to his season, forcing him to miss the UCI Road World Championships.