What is Wout van Aert doing in Spain? Cycling with fellow top riders, but also running with his wife Sara
CyclingTuesday, 12 November 2024 at 14:27
While the cyclo-cross riders recover on Tuesday from the double race Lokeren-Niel in Belgium, Wout van Aert is working up a sweat in Spain. The Belgian from Visma | Lease a Bike posts his rides on Strava daily, but on Tuesday afternoon, he also added a running session. And that had been a while, as we can see from the given title.
Van Aert has been staying in Denia, Spain, for a few days now. On Tuesday, he went cycling with Tijmen Graat and Fem van Empel, followed by a run with his wife Sara. After a day full of sports, Van Aert's counter stopped at 127 kilometers of cycling and four kilometers of running, while Sara added another two kilometers with her running shoes on.
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Van Belle records an impressive time in half marathon
Mathieu van der Poel coincidentally also put on his running shoes on Tuesday, running a half marathon in a very fast time of 1 hour and 22 minutes. Two days earlier, Loe van Belle, also a Visma | Lease a Bike rider, did the same in Toulouse, France. He recorded a time of 1 hour and 25 minutes in the French city, achieving a speed equivalent to a kilometer time of 1 hour and 25 minutes.
Running has been popular with Visma | Lease a Bike riders for a while now, as we also saw with Bart Lemmen. About a week and a half ago, he ran ten kilometers in 33 minutes and 38 seconds.
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- Van Aert is really handsome. He can influence me all day! Ditto for Philipsen. Why do you think many of us love cycling?: to see heroic attempts at climbing mountains at high altitudes or to watch speedsters sprint for the finish line or to watch a human being ride at break neck speed down a tricky descent? No, it's all about their lean physiques and muscular legs. (apologies for objectifying these dedicated and amazing athletes).BarwonHeadsUp25-10-2024
- It is unfortunate that the author can't feel the joy that Pogacar brings to the sport and his fans who are legion and I for one feel lucky to have watched such a memorable performance and historic season From the Strada until yesterday with multiple wins in stages in both tours and beyond dominance in the World's. He is proud to wear the Rainbow stripes, shows his leadership to protect his fellows and is as courteous and sportsman-like as the sport allows. He goes early to not have to respond to each attack as all the rest would make him do it. Any racer who could would do the same. Don't "grow tired" of greatness as it is always fleeting.ccrider13-10-2024
- What load of rubbish. Pog is likely a once in a generation cyclist, the like of which hasn't been seen since 'the Cannibal '. How many people were complaining that Merckx was making racing predictable? I remember this year's World RR as one of the most exciting I've watched. Mainly BECAUSE Pog was the favourite and launched what everyone thought (Pog included) was a suicidal attack with 80km to go. For the next 2 hours, I was on the edge of my seat thinking "this is too much, even for Pog". Maybe Zonnefeld prefers the snooze-fest that is a bunch sprint? Like most people I know, I can't watch two hours of the bunch riding very fast... I wait for the final 5km and watch just the sprint. In any event, most races are won from a sprint or lone break. What difference does it make who makes the lone break? Ultimately, the other contenders will have to figure out a way to beat Pog. Even if that means collaboration between teams. It's going to be an exciting few seasons, until the next Pog arrives on the scene. If this is boring, heaven knows what exciting looks like!Michael513-10-2024
- This is not a gravel race. UCI fail, from the surface they are on to team tactics. In what country was the first "gravel race" in what country is the most popular gravel race? Go with the race model that created the discipline.
Barnes127411-10-2024 - And don't forget he has now won 4 of the big 10 races (Grand tours, Monuments and WC/OG) in one year with a chance to make that 5. (5 has only been done once before)Joostmehrtens05-10-2024