Wout van Aert produces ‘astonishing’ showing at Tour de France, but should he race for General Classification?

Team Jumbo-Visma rider Wout van Aert’s show on Stage 4 of the Tour de France has been described as a performance of the greats by Bradley Wiggins. Wiggins was talking on the latest episode of The Bradley Wiggins Show, where he was joined by Matt Stephens and former team-mate Bernie Eisel. Ad/> An astonishing attack from Jumbo Visma and Van Aert – adorned with the yellow jersey — tore the peloton asunder at the end of the 171.5km ride from Dunkerque to Calais Tour de FranceTour de France 2022 Stage 5 — Route map, how to watch as cobbles await2 HOURS AGO The move from the Dutch team and Van Aert — following three consecutive runner-up finishes in the Danish Grand Depart for the Belgian – came on the final climb, and by its finish, only the yellow jersey remained.

The 27-year-old then time-trialled his way to the win. Wiggins was still in awe of the epic showing hours later. “I'm still trying to digest what happened today with Van Aert,” began Wiggins.

“It was quite something. “I was listening to it on the headset on the motorbike because I shot ahead about 15km to go and listened to the commentary of Rob Hatch. It sounded epic.

“And then I got to the finish and I couldn't believe he was still away. It was a performance of the greats of the Tour de France, wasn't it?” 2-2-2-1! Van Aert takes sensational win to end bridesmaid streak ‘I’m in shock!’ – Van Aert lauded after ‘demolishing peloton’ Opinion: Every second counts as Van Aert proves himself a cut above the rest Stephens said that at one point he had felt Jumbo Visma had misjudged the move, but Van Aert then rode “the entire Tour de France bunch off his wheel”. “I'm still a little bit lost for words,” said Stephens.