'Everything we love would be forgotten about' – Should Wout van Aert go for yellow at Tour de France in 2023?

Could Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) actually win the yellow jersey at a future edition of the Tour de France? That was the question posed on The Breakaway after the curtain call at the 2022 Tour, which saw the Belgian’s team-mate Jonas Vingegaard crowned champion after a thrilling three-week battle with Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates). Ad/> Van Aert has been the rider of the Tour with a string of devastating attacks and selfless teamwork helping deliver six stage wins for Jumbo, including three for himself and the green jersey.

Tour de France'Special' Pogacar will be 'force to be reckoned with' at 2023 Tour — WigginsAN HOUR AGO The prospect of a GC challenge was half-raised after he became only the third rider in history to win a mountain stage, time trial and bunch sprint at the same Tour in 2021, but those faint murmurings have sparked a full-on debate after an even more impressive 2022. And such has been his impressive form in France, Eurosport experts Bradley Wiggins and Adam Blythe now believe Van Aert could win the yellow jersey – although they fear he would lose his wow factor by targeting it.

“He can [win it] but I just don’t see why he’d want to, he’d just lose so much of what he’s good at already,” said Blythe. When quizzed by Orla Chennaoui about why anyone would not want to win yellow, Blythe continued: “It’s not a guarantee, is it? “He can try and win the Tour de France but might risk losing all the classics that he does [and] everything else that we love about Wout van Aert would be forgotten about, that would be in the past, it wouldn’t be what he is.” 'Special' Pogacar will be 'force to be reckoned with' at 2023 Tour — Wiggins Wiebes overhauls Vos to make history as TDF Femmes begins with a bang /> Robbie