Wout van Aert

Wout van Aert
Van Aert at the 2022 Paris–Roubaix
Personal information
Full nameWout van Aert
Born (1994-09-15) 15 September 1994 (age 30)
Herentals, Flanders, Belgium
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb)[2]
Team information
Current teamVisma–Lease a Bike
Disciplines
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Sprinter
  • All-rounder (road)
Rouleur
Time trialist
Classics specialist
Amateur team
2018–2019Cibel–Cebon Offroad Team[3]
Professional teams
2013Telenet–Fidea
2014–2016Vastgoedservice–Golden Palace
2017–2018Vérandas Willems–Crelan
2019–Team Jumbo–Visma[4][5]
Major wins
Cyclo-cross
World Championships (2016, 2017, 2018)
National Championships
(2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
World Cup (2015–16, 2016–17, 2020–21)
16 individual wins (2014–15—2018–19, 2020–21—2023–24)
Trophy (2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17)
Superprestige (2015–16)
Road

Grand Tours

Tour de France
Points classification (2022)
9 individual stages (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
1 TTT stage (2019)
Combativity award (2022)
Vuelta a España
3 individual stages (2024)

Stage races

Tour of Britain (2021, 2023)
Danmark Rundt (2018)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships
(2019, 2020, 2023)
National Road Race Championships (2021)
Milan–San Remo (2020)
E3 Saxo Bank Classic (2022, 2023)
Strade Bianche (2020)
Gent–Wevelgem (2021)
Amstel Gold Race (2021)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2022)
Bretagne Classic (2022)
Coppa Bernocchi (2023)
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (2024)
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Hoogerheide Under-23
Gold medal – first place 2016 Heusden-Zolder Elite
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bieles Elite
Gold medal – first place 2018 Valkenburg Elite
Silver medal – second place 2012 Koksijde Junior
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tabor Elite
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bogense Elite
Silver medal – second place 2021 Ostend Elite
Silver medal – second place 2023 Hoogerheide Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Louisville Under-23
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Lorsch Under-23
Silver medal – second place 2015 Huijbergen Elite
Silver medal – second place 2018 Rosmalen Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Pontchâteau Elite
Men's road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Time trial
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Imola Road race
Silver medal – second place 2020 Imola Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2021 Flanders Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2023 Glasgow Road race
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Drenthe Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Drenthe Time trial

Wout van Aert (born 15 September 1994) is a Belgian professional road and cyclo-cross racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.[6] Van Aert won three consecutive men's races at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2016,[7] 2017 and 2018.

Having initially prioritised competing in cyclo-cross, Van Aert terminated his contract with Vérandas Willems–Crelan in 2018 and joined Team Jumbo–Visma[4] in March 2019, on a three-year deal.[8] Van Aert has since taken more than thirty professional road wins, including nine stage victories at the Tour de France between 2019 and 2022 (also winning the points classification in 2022), and won Milan–San Remo – one of the five Cycling monuments – in 2020.

Following the 2022 Tour de France, where Van Aert won three stages, several media outlets labeled him as "one of the most complete cyclists of his generation".[9] His rivalry with Mathieu van der Poel in cyclo-cross is considered among the greatest and longest lasting rivalries in the sport.[10][11]

  1. ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma | Wout van Aert". Team Jumbo–Visma. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Wout van Aert". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Van Aert to race cyclo-cross season with Cibel-Cebon". Cyclingnews.com. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Cheery Christmas for ambitious Team Jumbo-Visma". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Van Aert takes emotional World Championship victory". cyclingnews.com. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Van Aert joins Team Jumbo-Visma from March 2019". Cyclingnews.com. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Ook buitenlandse media zien van Aert als de meest complete renner ter wereld: "Niet meer gezien sinds Hinault en Merckx"" [Foreign media also see van Aert as the most complete rider in the world: "Not seen since Hinault and Merckx"]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 25 July 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Van Aert vs. Van der Poel: A Rivalry for the Ages". welovecycling.com. Siegfried Mortkowitz. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Wout van Aert v. Mathieu van der Poel - a truly rare and iconic sporting rivalry". cyclingweekly.com. Tom Thewlis. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.