Wout van Aert has yet to win a cyclo-cross race this winter, but the Visma-Lease a Bike racer has no thoughts about leaving the discipline behind, according to team management. The reason is simple: he enjoys it too much.
A former three-time cyclo-cross world champion, albeit most recently in 2018, the 31-year-old’s closest result of five race participations to date this winter was when he was narrowly outduelled by Tibor del Grosso (Alpecin-Deceunink) at the Superprestige in Heusden-Zolder on December 23.
In the broader scheme of things, Heijboer said, although the short, intense format of cyclo-cross races made it hard to use for a full picture about a rider’s condition for longer-term goals, Van Aert’s condition was good….
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