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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ธ.ค. 2023
- Wout Van Aert’s Stage Hunting Might Be RUINING His CAREER
For years of his career, Wout van Aert has been known as one of the deadliest stage hunters out there, and many still believe it has been the sole thing keeping him from reaching the next level. But the upcoming season could have been a bit different, as he had a big choice to make. He was able to decide between the long shot at the pink jersey, or better results at the classics and some Giro stage wins. What he decided in the end though, might have just stagnated his career and prevented him from going the extra mile.
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I kinda disagree with this statement, I see WVA as a better rider because he's able to win classics, WC, other one day races and some stages. If he wants the shape for a Giro GC spot, he's going to sacrifice every other goal of the season. And honestly i prefer a VA shining all year long on one day races than just a Giro GC win.
I understand your sentiment however I think he wants challenge himself and see if he has what it takes to be top GC. I think if he finds that he doesn’t, you’ll get your WVA back who wins smaller races all year long. But you gotta admit, it would be cool to see him win GC.
@@tannerslomko Yeah, but the more you follow cycling world, the more you realize Grand Tours are not everything. For a grand tour ou need endurance and weight on your side. But you don't need a show. (Pogacar is an exeption he wins all). I'd prefer see VA win a few classics, a monument and WC. But it's probably not objective, I just love the show in one day races.
@@jelou67 great comment. I actually just got into watching cycling in about April 2023 and so yeah in my mind the TDF was the Super Bowl with nothing come close. However I’m starting to come to terms with monument wins being huge in themselves.
I don't know where the fact that he's going for GC is coming, he did an interview where he clearly stated he's going for stage wins, furthermore he's claimed several times his goals are the classics, stages and the cyclocross seasons, people are just putting words into his mouth just because they saw him winning a stage at the Mount ventoux or dropping pogacar at Hautacam. @@tannerslomko
@@jelou67 so you have to love Remco, he won some classics here, 2 wcs there, then a bunch of monuments and oh... there is also the vuelta.
He said the his dream race to win is Flanders. He is a classics rider, he does not see himself as as GT contender. You think that GC in GTs is the most important thing in cycling, but for guys like him the rainbow jersey and monuments are their Tour de France.
He had a great chance and sprinted too early imo
I want to him to win Flanders, Paris to Paris-Roubaix would be cool too, but Flanders is the prize I think.
The photograph of Wout and Jonas together shows the difference in body size. He is just too big to win on the big climbs, and therefore has no hope in a Grand Tour. He is just being sensible.
Wout is riding the races he likes and wants to ride, someone’s else’s idea of what they feel he should do doesn’t amount to a ruined career or a failure to achieve something. Keep it up Wout. 🤘
The only way we can move forward as individuals is to push ourselves outside of our comfort zone.
Except that riders are naturally born with some inclinations, not everyone is born a GC climber, not everyone can be a sprinter, not everyone can time trial even if they try as much as they want, I can give you a list of names of climbers who never were able to match a good time trial despite being very good at GC overall. Your assumption is that every human has the same limitations and just because he shines in some spectrum of cycling skills doesn't make him a GC contender. Yes he won mount ventoux, yes he dropped Tadej pogacar, however his characteristics aren't in his favor, he's also targetting the classics so how does he deal with that?
Van aert is a Belgian and as such there is a belgian cycling culture that normally people ignore, classics are a big deal and especially the monuments.@@SouthernRotors
@@SouthernRotors that's true, but you've got to play the hand you've been given at some point. He's certainly not Pog and Roglic, and he will be competing against them.
It is his length and weight that limit his aspirations for a giro win. On his day, Van Aert can do a amazing performance uphill but 'on a day' does not work for GC. Van Aert wants to ride a grand tour without having a GC leader to take care of. He wants to try what Remco did after his off day in the Vuelta. It is the only right decision.
I think you're spot on with your comment!
He has been a great team rider IMO to his own detriment . MVP has beaten him too often IMO but MVP's biggest advantage is the team he is on . they all ride for him whereas MVA is riding for his team too often. He needed to be more selfish but I dont think that is his demeanor .
Morphology is very difficult to alter. One's body make up of fast vs slow twitch muscle fiber is kinda set in stone.
If he could lose 10kg and still have the same power and recovery he could potentially win the 2024 Giro. I see him as too good of a cyclist to work himself into the ground for other GT riders.
10kg ? LOL impossible. I think 5kg is enough. Froome weighted 66 or so - now Van Aert is 74kg at peak, so 69kg is enough and achievable I think without loosing to much explosivity and such
he has done it already...
He’d never win a grand tour that’s a fact. He doesn’t have the physiology or physique. Like the man is 190cm and 78kg. Pogacar for example is 176cm and 66kg. Van aert is far too tall and he’d have to lose minimum 7kg and he’d still be way bigger than the top gc guys
Wout have to prove NOTHING annymore guys ! he is the best 1 day racer of the last 5 years if you like it or not ;-) .
Try "Wawt" instead of "Woot" ;-)
Let’s see how jumbo use e-bikes will blow up the peloton next year.🤔🤡💉🤐🤫🤣