Why Wout van Aert needs to add a ‘wallop’ to his attacking repertoire after Paris-Roubaix near-miss

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) needs to add a “wallop” to his attacking repertoire on the bike if he wants to avoid more near-misses in cycling’s biggest races, according to The Breakaway cast. The Dutchman finished a distant second to compatriot Dylan van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers) at Paris-Roubaix after playing the role of chaser on a difficult outing in France. Ad/> He always faced an uphill battle after being distanced by an opportunistic early move from Ineos which splintered the peloton in two with over 200km remaining.

Paris — Roubaix‘Alarm bells!’ – Van der Poel and Van Aert caught out by huge split in peloton8 HOURS AGO Van Aert battled gamely to get back into contention and was regular sighted on the front of the various chase groups, rarely taking a moment to shield himself behind his rivals and conserve energy. When asked by Breakaway host Orla Chennaoui whether Van Aert knows any style of riding except all-out attack, Dan Lloyd replied: “He doesn’t seem to. “Van Aert was always on the back foot today.

Although he had team-mates up the road, he was always stuck in that group behind. “He just never got himself to the front of the race. Being in the Belgian national champion’s jersey and being Wout van Aert, everyone’s eyes are going to be on him because of the champion that he is.” ‘We’ve never seen anything like that’ – Wiggins lauds ‘perfect’ Ineos ‘He’s hit a spectator!’ – Disaster as fan wipes out rider in horror incident The 27-year-old only returned to action at Paris-Roubaix after a bout of Covid, having missed last weekend’s Tour of Flanders.