'Time is running out' – Why is Wout van Aert struggling to win at the Tour de France in 2023?

«Time is running out» for Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) to win a stage at the 2023 Tour de France, according to Eurosport expert Dan Lloyd, who is still convinced the Belgian can deliver in the second half of the race. Van Aert has been surprisingly quiet since being thwarted on Stage 2 by Victor Lafay (Cofidis), with the 28-year-old failing to make his mark despite his all-round abilities.

Part of that is due to riding in support of GC hopeful Jonas Vingegaard, but he has also been found wanting in the business end of stages when unleashed by Jumbo-Visma. Ad His latest disappointment came on Stage 11 when he was outmanoeuvred by Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) in the sprint finale, eventually placing ninth.

Tour de France'It's not quite clicked' for Van Aert – Lloyd40 MINUTES AGO So why haven't things clicked in 2023? «It's very hard to put your finger on it,» began Lloyd on The Breakaway. «Looking at some of the climbing stages at the very beginning of the Tour de France, he didn't seem quite as comfortable or robotic as he had been 12 months ago, where he could seemingly do anything that he wanted.

»It's just not quite clicked for him yet and when it doesn't click you make hesitations, like the sprint today, because it is split-second decisions. And generally when things are going right, those decisions are the correct ones.

And when they're not going so well, you can hesitate a bit too long and it's an incorrect decision. So I'm sure it will come right for him at some point." 'I don't understand it at all' – Dumoulin criticises Van Aert for Stage 10 attack 'I just let out all the anger' — Bilbao dedicates win to late team-mate Mader Pressed by host Orla Chennaoui on whether he genuinely believed Van Aert would