While Wout Van Aert (Visma| Lease a Bike) et Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) were to meet during the Super prestige de Molthe Dutchman will be orphaned by his great rival. Indeed, Wout Van Aertwho was to make his comeback since his fall on The Returnwill ultimately not participate in the Mol event on Monday. His training indicated that he had become ill.
Video – Wout Van Aert in training in recent days
Only three more duels with van der Poel
“Unfortunately, Wout van Aert fell ill and will not be able to recover in time for tomorrow's race in Mol. We wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him back in action soon.” wrote the Visma| Lease a Bike. He had to find four times Mathieu van der Poel this winter, and the first confrontation was to be Monday. Unfortunately, we will have to wait until Friday to see the two rivals against each other, on theExact Cross de Loenhout.
The cyclo-cross program of Van Aert:
– December 27: Loenhout – Azencross (Belgique) / Exact Cross
– January 4: Gullegem (Belgique) / Telenet Superprestige
– January 5: Dendermonde (Belgium) / World Cup
– January 19: Benidorm (Spain) / World Cup
– January 25: Maasmechelen (Belgium) / World Cup
