During the presentation of the Visma | Lease a Bike this Tuesday, the great leaders of Dutch training announced their program for the year 2025. Jonas Vingegaard confirmed that he will double this season the Tour de France et The Return. For his part, Wout Van Aertwill participate in the cobbled spring classics and chase victories on the Monuments (Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix). He will then continue with the Tour of Italy and the Tour de France.
Video – Wout Van Aert talks about his ambitions for the 2025 season
“Win the Tour of Flanders and Roubaix”
During the pre-season press conference in La Nucia (Spain), Wout Van Aert clearly displayed its ambitions. “I want to try to win the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. This will be my main goal in the spring” explained the man who was unable to line up at the start of these monuments last season following his terrible fall in the Kannariberg on the classic Across Flanders. “After that I will do both the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France. I hope to do well in both Tours, I hope to win stages in both tours. It will be a busy year for me.”
If the Belgian will want to distinguish himself personally, particularly in the first stages of the Tour of Italy designed for his qualities, he will also be of great support to Jonas Vingegaard or Olav Kooij on the Grand Tours “Of course. We will compete in both events with a strong team. Especially on the Tour, where we start again with Jonas. He really wants to find his best level and fight for victory again. It’s always a pleasure to be part of this winning mentality and this fighting spirit.”
A unique Flandriennes-Giro sequence
Its program is modeled on that of last year. And as in 2024, he will start the season in Spain (Clasica Jaen) and Portugal (Tour d’Algarve). “We’ll start with a few races and then I’ll do the opening weekend (of the flandriennes season editor’s note) he indicated, hoping that he does not completely imitate his 2024 season where he fractured his collarbone and numerous ribs following a violent fall on the across, keeping it off the road for a little less than two months. “This will then be followed by a course at altitude towards the major objectives, Flanders and Roubaix. Then we don’t have much time to prepare for the Giro. There will be a large block with a short training period. An altitude course is planned between the Giro and the Tour, explained the rider from Herentals during an interview with the RTBF in Spain.
“It’s a big program but I’m very happy with it. After all, I stayed in my chair a lot in 2024. It wasn’t easy to get motivated again. The last injury was more serious than we thought. It took me a long time to get over it. The season ended in the hospital and it wasn’t nice to end like that. It took me a while to find the pleasure and motivation again but it came back naturally because Cycling is what I love to do. It was good for me to spend time with the team during training and to get some good feelings back in cyclocross. I’m happy to ride the Giro and the Tour de France.
What I like about the Grand Tours is the fact that I have opportunities every day. In Italy, we will have big objectives with the team. First winning stages with Olav Kooij. In principle, I will be part of the train to take his sprints. During the slightly harder stages, we will make sure to control for myself or try to be in the breakaway. Personally, opening weekend may work for me. The goal and the dream is to wear the pink jersey in Italy. Besides that, we will also aim for the general classification with Simon Yates… There are a lot of things to do. I have great ambition for these two races and I find that it is very logical. It would be weird if that wasn’t the case. I won almost all the other classics, it’s normal that these two races are an ambition. I showed that it is possible for me. I want to do everything to win one day. And if I don’t win it, I know I will have done everything to win. Obviously, you have to progress every year because everyone is improving and young riders are coming to the forefront. And then, there is Pogacar who returns to the cobbles… So we will have to be better.”
The official program of Wout Van Aert in 2025
February 17 – Clasica Jaen
February 19 to 23 – Algarve Tour
1er mars – Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2 mars – Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne
28 mars – E3 Saxo Classic
2 avril – Across Flanders
6 avril – Tour of Flanders
13 avril – Paris-Roubaix
May 9 to June 1 – Tour of Italy
July 5 to 27 – Tour de France
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