Wout Van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike) should discover the Tour of Italy in 2025 according to various Belgian media. Last year, the 30-year-old runner also had to discover the Tour of Italybut was unable to get there because of his big fall on Through Flanders. As in 2024, Olav Kooij should also be part of the Dutch squad for the Giro, having won a stage last year. The plan for the Visma ? Wout Van Aert in luxury pilot fish for Olav Kooij, which should already have been the case last season.
Video – The duo worked well in the Clasica Almeria 2024
A van der Poel – Philipsen duo?
Last year during the Clasica Almeria, Wout Van Aert had worked for Olav Kooijwhich led to the victory of the Dutchman. There Visma | Lease a Bike would surely like to reproduce what did Alpecin-Deceuninck with the duo Mathieu van der Poel – Jasper Philipsen on the Tour de France. Last year it was the French Christophe Laporte who had replaced Olav Kooij in this role. The sprinter won a stage before giving up on the 10th day.
