Van Aert leaves the Tour due to the imminent birth of his son: "It is not a dilemma"
With the job done and the Tour sentenced for his teammate Jonas Vingegaard, Wout van Aert decided this Thursday to abandon the race and go home. Will not start at Moutiers. The reason is more than justified: his wife, Sarah, is about to give birth to their second child.
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The Belgian had already warned him and that question, the possible absence of a total rider like him alongside Vingegaard, was one of the handicaps that the Jumbo Visma faced in his attempt to revalidate the Tour with the Danish. “It was not a dilemma,” he stated on his team's social networks. “It's a strange feeling, but we have decided that my place is at home.”
It has not been a Tour as extraordinary for the Belgian as the past. He leaves without any partial victory and without so many exhibitions. Although he has left his mark with boasts such as that of the Gran Colombier stage and always with his usual offensive style. The previous edition added two online stages, in Calais and Lausanne (in addition to four second places) and the Rocamadour time trial. And he took the green jersey of regularity. This time he says goodbye having stayed very close to partial victory, especially in the San Sebastián stage, where he was surprised by Victor Lafay. He was also second in the mountain day that ended in Saint Gervais and third in the time trial.
His next goal will be the Glasgow World Cup on August 5.