Wout Van Aert in Scotland! Belgian cyclist claims two Strava KOMs in Stirling, before beating locals' personal bests on Glasgow's 'risky' streets... on a NEXT bike! cycling
Wout Van Aert was busy celebrating the coronation in his own way, collecting two local crowns on Strava in Stirlingshire, Scotland where the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships time trials will take place in August, before having a first-hand experience of being a Glaswegian cyclist — yes, on a rental OVO bike.
Van Aert, who enjoyed a mixed spring season with Jumbo Visma, seems to not have had enough of the cold and rainy conditions this year. After the monument near-misses at the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, the three-time world cyclocross champion had set off on a series of monster seven-hour stints on the gravel roads and muddy lanes of Belgium and France.
Van Aert was out on his Cervelo P5 time trial bike, also used by Jumbo-Visma’s Tobias Foss on his way to victory in the World Time Trial Championship last year. The disc-brake equipped bike, according to Cervelo, was the fastest bike they had ever tested at the time of its release, 17 per cent faster than its rim braked predecessor.
The Belgian, who’s been training by going on a series of rides in Belgium and Netherlands recently, won’t be back in action until the Tour de Suisse in the middle of June.
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