Wout van Aert

With an increasingly strong Jumbo-Visma team at his command, Wout van Aert's confidence grows ahead of his second run at Tour of Flanders.

Wout van Aert is inching closer to a marquee win on the road. The last hurdle could be high-speed sprints.

Jumbo-Visma is taking a patient approach to develop its young classics prodigy Wout van Aert, but he's already off to a fast start in 2019.

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Van Aert "more than ready for the Flemish classics" after Strade Bianche and Milano-Sanremo successes.

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Repeating his performance from 2018, van Aert says the second podium finish was harder than his first, and he dreams of winning in Tuscany.

Although Strade Bianche is merely 13 years old, three-time 'cross world champ Wout van Aert believes it belongs in the pantheon of major spring classics.

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Technical masterclass from the Dutchman denies second-place Van Aert a fourth consecutive world title.

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They have long been cyclocross rivals, but van Aert and van der Poel are also evenly matched as cycling's most versatile riders.

The Dutch-based team landed the three-time defending cyclocross world champ as he transitions to the road.

Van der Poel untouchable while error on the grid left Van Aert chasing from the start.

The Belgian is landing on his feet with Jumbo-Visma after a falling-out with former team Veranda's Willems-Crelan.

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Van der Poel wins in a faultless performance while Van Aert fights back from early crash to take second.

In the wake of spy photos showing a new SRAM eTap group, it looks like world champ Wout Van Aert is riding the new components as well.

Van der Poel rode a faultless race whilst second-place Van Aert blames a dropped chain

Wout van Aert found a way out of his contract with cyclocross team Veranda's Willems-Crelan one year early as he seeks a road deal.

Still unclear where world cyclocross champ and emerging classics talent Wout Van Aert will ride in 2019

After his full successful classics campaign, how far can cyclo-cross champion Wout Van Aert can go in his road career?

Michael Goolaerts died at age 23 Sunday night after suffering cardiac arrest during Paris-Roubaix.

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Three-time cyclocross world champion Wout Van Aert is having a dream debut on the road this 2018 season.

News Roundup: Gerrans out of Sanremo; Quintana decries use of his image in politics; van Aert recons De Ronde; prospect Hodeg wins Handzame Classic

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The wet and muddy Strade Bianche and the UCI Track Cycling World Championships are on the menu for this week's show.

Strade Bianche was an epic battle in the Tuscan mud. We sound off on the race's key moments and what it can tell us about the classics.

On this week's episode of The VeloNews Show, we break down all of the action from Valkenburg 'cross worlds.

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Many riders were saying that the 2018 UCI World Cyclocross Championships were the hardest in years.

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Belgian Wout van Aert won a third straight elite men's world cyclocross championship on Sunday in Valkenburg, the Netherlands.

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Mathieu van der Poel seems to be the clear favorite, but will another rider beat him to the finish line in Valkenburg?

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Wout van Aert captured his third straight elite men's Belgian national cyclocross championship on Sunday on the sand dunes of Koksijde.

The 39-year-old American finished ahead of Annemarie Worst and Maud Kaptheijns in Baal, Belgium.

Wout van Aert and Lucinda Brand each kicked-off the Kerstperiode of 'cross racing with victories in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium on Saturday.

Our top off-road riders of 2017 are Nino Schurter, Wout van Aert, Sanne Cant, and Mathieu van der Poel.

Wout van Aert captured the victory in Namur, Belgium on Sunday at the UCI Cyclocross World Cup with a dominating performance.

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World champion Wout van Aert (Crelan-Charles) powered to his first Telenet UCI Cyclocross World Cup victory of the season on Saturday in Zeven, Germany.

Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert have been fierce foes for much of their young lives. Their rivalry rages on — but for how long?

Mathieu van der Poel outduels Wout van Aert at penultimate round of the Superprestige, while Sophie de Boer takes home top women's honors.

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The good, the bad and the muddy of the 2017 UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships in Bieles, Luxembourg.

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Wout van Aert captures his second straight world title at the UCI World Cyclo-cross Championship in Bieles, Luxembourg on Sunday.

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Wout Van Aert wins the eighth round of the Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in Fiuggi and clinches series title with one round remaining.

Reigning world champion Wout Van Aert became the Belgian champion for the second year in a row while Sanne Cant makes it eight straight.

Toon Aerts (Telenet-Fidea) kicks off 2017 with a win over world champion Wout van Aert at GP Sven Nys in Baal, Belgium on Sunday, January 1.

Reigning world champion Wout van Aert claims Azencross Loenhout win over slippery conditions in Antwerp, Belgium.

Reigning world champion Wout van Aert wins Azencross Loenhout, while former world champ Mathieu van der Poel is stretchered off the course following nasty spill.

Wout Van Aert takes a convincing win in Zolder, claiming his third World Cup victory ahead of Laurens Sweeck and Kevin Pauwels.

Wout Van Aert gets a new bike sponsor in Felt, and Peter Sagan partners with 100% sunglasses for a unique look.

Mathieu Van der Poel maintains World Cup dominance in Europe over series leader and reigning world champion Wout van Aert.

Reining world champion Wout van Aert won the DVV Trophy for the third straight year Saturday.

Reigning elite men's cyclocross world champion Wout van Aert denies Mathieu Van der Poel a fifth straight Superprestige win.

Reigning elite men's cyclocross world champion Wout van Aert denies Mathieu Van der Poel a fifth straight Superprestige win.

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Sanne Cant and Mathieu van der Poel pull off sensational wins in the fifth round of the Telenet UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Germany.

Mathieu van der Poel overcomes shaky start to cruise to Cyclocross World Cup win in Germany.

Wout Van Aert takes a convincing victory in Belgium at the Koppenbergcross cyclocross race.

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Only a few days removed from a dominant Cross Vegas victory, Wout van Aert nabs another World Cup win on American soil at Jingle Cross

The Crelan team reveals that Wout van Aert broke his left big toe by tripping and falling on stairs in the Cross Vegas World Cup race.

World champion Wout van Aert can't be stopped by a crash midway through Cross Vegas as he rides to victory in season's first World Cup.

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Wout Van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel battle on the course, while retirees Sven Nys, Bart Wellens, and Niels Albert resume their rivalry.