Brutal Tour X-Ray: Indomitable Wout Van Aert

Go up, go up, go up. Get down, get down, get down. Speed ​​up and wait… to speed up again. throw or quit. or both at the same time. The ubiquitous cyclist, Wout van Aert, has broken the clock and has performed for ever, his 2022 Tour. Three wins (38 jobs), cyclist Super combat Unanimously, he boasts tremendous power, typical of a world tricycle champion, and a 190cm body capable of sliding toward the highest peaks. Few have doubts: “The Tour de France 2022? It might be the best since the 1990s. Jonas Weinggaard, Best Tour winner since the 1990s, is clear: “Wout is the best cyclist in the world, I was fortunate that she helped me.” He added to him, “If you have the ambition to go to the position of general, we will share the leadership. This year I did it with Roglic and there was no problem.” future dilemma?

Van Aert, after the time trial confirming the Dane’s final victory, greeted him in tears. “Calm down, calm down,” the Belgian pointed to the camera, from the hot seat, just as Vinggaard was about to concede his glory. His gesture, far from selfish, was connected to his subsequent feelings. Watt wanted to see Jonas succeed. He left everything so that it could be. Despite the fact that at one point he aroused suspicion. “There was no friction. My attacks are part of the plan,” the Belgian sprinter asserted himself after receiving some criticism for continuing to show strength.embodied in an endless series of wanderings. From Jumbo, I retreated until Van Aert was the true leader of the group, the runner who had the most weight in group strategies.

Order within the chaos that only the Dutch team knows how much order and how chaos it was. If that matters now. Three of his four jerseys. The yellow and polka-dotted color, which would have been for Wout (“At the finish line, they told me I could have won the mountain jersey. If I had known, I would have run in Aubisque!”) is named after Vingguard. Green, from Stage 17, beating Peter Sagan’s point record (477 in 2018 by 480), Van Aertwho took all the regular shirts he had on hand this season (Paris-Nice and Critrium del Dauphine). The most exciting solo part of the group exhibition that the Belgian was able to accompany with images that go beyond sports. As in the eleventh stage, when, after a puncture, he gave his green badge to a boy who lent him an air pump.

Three seconds and yellow

How remote, meritorious and improbable Yves Lambert’s victory now appears in the opening trial of big ball. 0.05″ separated Van Aert for his first win in this edition, which would take another two rounds. Denmark refused his first offer, but on French soil, the Belgian elegantly opened his wardrobe, dressed in yellow. Wout wore the leader’s shirt from day two to day five: four days. Before, he had become desperate with his three second positions in his first three stages. “It’s not funny anymore,” he would say. In the fourth episode, in one of Jumbo’s first choral tricks, similar to that of the Paris-Nice trilogy (and Laporte’s victory), Against some Roglic and Vingegaard who couldn’t stand the drag, Wout fired himself To demand the color of his shirt, to make it clear that he was the strongest in the team.

From escape to escape

From victory to mud, to a day on the pavé turned into a jumbo hell. The beginning of the end for Roglic. Miraculously, it wasn’t for Van Aert, who crashed and further terrorized the DSM. However, Wout recovered. and shot. From himself and from Vingegaard. And later, from Primoz himself. A brute force that will never return again. In the sixth stage, the Belgian alone traveled 130 kilometers, despite the fact that reaching Longoy was good for his characteristics. Made an exhibition, but also leadership. “I wanted to enjoy the color yellow,” he said. “Now I want to enjoy the green games,” he warned. He was not lying in either statement.

Nor is the mountain an obstacle

The second victory came with magic in the Olympic city of Lausanne. Shuttle for escape series after escape. On the ninth day, he was part of the group escape that day, and upon his return, he was responsible for distributing drums among his teammates. Is there anything else? Bread every day. At Granon, in the Pogacar mass rush, he took the lead, and later, he reclaimed Roglic for the cause. At Mende, he stood by Vingegaard. Efforts in Jonas’ service were punctuated by exhilarating performances, such as those on Match Day 15, in an unforgettable picture, with Jumbo’s car slowing his escape progress, forcing him back into the peloton, an order he accepted without question. It’s time to give strength to the Pyrenees, To judge the Tour, what happens while Van Aert waits for the world’s best riders. He did it in Foix and he did it in Hautacam to issue a decree game over. He attacked from the start, at Lourdes, and ended up destroying Pogacar. Cos climber gave the wand to the climber? Wout, after choosing a race, watch Vingegaard sail to the Champs-Elysées.

indomitable runner

And he flew. From Denmark to Cahors, where the clock can no longer resist. 40 kilometers at 47’57” and the third victory. 27 seconds faster than Pogacar or 42 ahead of Filippo Ganna… and 19 faster than teammate Vingegaard. He accepted the excitement and offered his services, this time, to Christophe Laporte. His square is in the classics, his right hand. “Van Aert told me that this day suits me,” the French revealed. Captain’s word. The last foreign gift before the specialAt the exit towards the Champs Elysees. To the end, laughing with Tdej and Jonas, faithful to his indomitable personality. And for his talent. Who knows if Like Will Hunting, Road to Californiafor a new challenge dyed yellow.