Tour 2024: Wout van Aert calls his legs ‘two concrete blocks’ the day before a gravel ride

Wout van Aert is not yet comfortable in the Tour de France. After a disappointing individual time trial on Friday, the Belgian Visma rider | Lease a Bike was also forced to retire early in Saturday’s hilly stage. Afterwards, Van Aert complained about bad legs while talking to his wife Sarah latest news Even after it’s finished.

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Van Aert, who crashed early in the Tour and then had to recover from that incident for several days, chose Saturday to drop leader Jonas Vingegaard from the front on a frantic final stage. The classic Flemish rider then pulled away to cross the finish line a minute and a half behind stage winner Benjamin Jermay. This in a final that is usually tailor-made for Van Aert.

“It’s just my legs…,” Van Aert told his wife Sarah shortly after the flight, shaking his head, as can be seen in the photos from HLN“Two concrete blocks.”

It is still unknown what this means for Sunday’s gravel stage, and where it will be. WVA In principle, he should be able to do a good job. The question is whether Van Aert will get his own chances, or whether he will have to worry about Chief Vingegaard.