Last year Remco Evenepoel gave our country silver at the World Championship time trial, now Wout van Aert finishes in the same thankless 2nd place. “I couldn’t do better, so I have to be satisfied with it”, Van Aert told Sporza.
“I had started hard, but I couldn’t keep that rhythm in the last part of the first part, when the wind was blowing.
“In the second part it went perfectly again. If I look at my values, I just rode a top time trial. I beat a lot of strong riders here. But Ganna was just a lot stronger. He was able to work 100% towards this and that has added value. “
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Van Aert did find confirmation in the time trial that his condition is still good after a tough Tour. “At the moment I still ride my bike from here to the hotel, to ride loose and then I try to recover as much as possible.”
“Tomorrow I will explore the track of the road race, together with Oliver Naesen. Then I will know more.”
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