Wout Van Aert

Team reveals Tom Dumoulin had been receiving professional help last year, backs Dutchman in mutual decision to take a career break.

Two world champions take victories in first of a pair of warm-up races ahead of the 2021 world championships next weekend.

Our take on how Jumbo-Visma fended off Ineos Grenadiers to secure Wout Van Aert's contract extension.

George Bennett to lead at Giro d'Italia, while Primož Roglič, Tom Dumoulin, Steven Kruijswijk return to Tour de France, with Sepp Kuss and Wout van Aert as wingmen.

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Belgian superstar extends contract with Dutch team, putting an end to speculation he may move to Ineos Grenadiers.

'Cross racing returns with low-key race that Alvarado and van der Poel both sat out.

Frenchman throwing full focus into classics campaign before contemplating Tour de France, Olympics and worlds.

With two individual time trials back in the mix, how much of a factor will they be in the 2021 Tour de France?

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Van Aert dedicates victory to wife and six-day-old son as he takes fourth national title.

Wout van Aert is under contract with Jumbo-Visma until the end of 2021 and the team is said to be close to negotiating a contract extension.

The Road Book is an almanac of stats, stories, and trivia that cover the length and breadth of the 2020 men's and women's season. Here's Jim Cotton's look at it.

Wout van Aert and Marianne Vos will eventually get new Cervelos to suit their palmares.

There was A LOT of cyclocross racing through the holidays, and the world championships are now just three races away. Here's what we learned from the festive 'cross calendar.

Van der Poel unstoppable after going solo from second lap, Betsema betters Lucinda Brand and Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado.

Team Jumbo-Visma switched from Bianchi to Cervélo bikes on January 1 – except there is no CX machine ready for racing.

Alpecin-Fenix doubles up at X20 Trofee Baal.

Tadej Pogačar or Primož Roglič? Anna van der Breggen or Annemiek van Vleuten? Wout or Mathieu? On today's podcast we debate the top performers of 2020.

Belgian supremo increasing his focus on road racing despite years-long cyclocross rivalry with Mathieu van der Poel.

Organizers defend their decision to push on with the waterlogged Dendermonde race that saw some riders thriving and some just surviving.

Racing played out on a stormswept course with axle-deep mud and standing water that left riders sinking knee-deep into swampy grass.

Chaotic men's race takes several contenders out of contention in opening laps while women's race comes down to tight five-way battle.

Van Aert hoping there's more success to come as further clashes with Mathieu van der Poel and Tom Pidcock loom on the horizon.

Ineos Grenadiers could be courting Wout van Aert; Wilco Kelderman's take on the Giro; Chad Haga takes us inside Team Sunweb's Giro d'Italia.

Van Aert takes first 'cross victory of the season at X2O Trofee, Del Carmen Alvarado ends unlucky streak with peerless performance.

Here are five takeaways from the first big-name battle ahead of the January world championships.

Transfer to Ineos Grenadiers? Wout, say it ain't so.

Van der Poel wins much-hyped battle with Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock; U.S. national champ Clara Honsinger takes breakout second-place in women's race.

Jumbo went big in 2020; Boels-Dolmans has dominated for for years.

Primož Roglič's Vuelta a España-winning Bianchi currently stands at €7,000 in online auction that includes bikes ridden by Sepp Kuss, Wout van Aert and more.

Are the discipline's two biggest stars too dominant in both the racing and the reporting of cyclocross?

Van Aert succeeds Remco Evenepoel as the recipient of the award that recognizes the best Belgian cyclist of the year.

Van Aert simply crushed it this year, from the white roads of Strade Bianche to the mountains of the grand tours.

He's dominated the U23 ranks on the road, mountain bike and cyclocross, and now is poised to become the new challenger for van Aert and van der Poel's cross-discipline crown.

Last month Wout van Aert published the recipe for his broth-flavored Champion Oats oatmeal. Our intrepid editor decided to cook and then eat this savory concoction.

Van der Poel to return to 'cross racing this weekend; first clash with Wout van Aert likely to come the following Sunday.

Don't expect to see fans lining the course, or crowding the pits in Ostend, Belgium on January 30 - 31.

Wout van Aert finishes fourth in men's race, Brand fined after obstructing Alvarado in the pit lane.

The peloton's speed merchants will have three clear opportunities for victory in the first week of the 2021 Tour de France.

Brand continues dominant streak with powerful ride; Vanthourenhout beats Eli Iserbyt and Wout van Aert in men's race.

Eli Iserbyt takes dominant victory on technical city-center circuit, Lucinda Brand wins women's race.

Peloton's 'puncheurs' and GC riders will be challenged right from ‘grand départ’ at 2021 Tour de France.

Cross-discipline duo have been fierce rivals for longer in cyclocross than they have been on the road. With a narrow defeat at Tour of Flanders fresh in the memory, Van Aert is braced for more as 'cross season kicks off.

Retired Swiss great spoke with VeloNews about Filippo Ganna's classics ambitions and the red-hot rivalry between Wout van Aert and Matthieu van der Poel.

The Belgian all-star is hoping to target one-week races in 2021. I'm all for it – provided he keeps crushing it in the classics.

Roglič, with his recent victory in the Vuelta as well as his runner-up spot in the Tour de France, is the most consistent stage race rider in the world at the moment.

From the Mur de Bretagne to the vineyard time trial, riders and staffers break down the key things to know about next year's race.

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Wout van Aert laments losing to his rival Mathieu van der Poel at the Tour of Flanders; says Julian Alaphilippe's crash is 'a pity.'

The Tour of Flanders came down to a dramatic sprint between Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel. In the final push to the line, van der Poel was fastest.

Julian Alaphilippe crashed after tangling with a race motorcycle at the Tour of Flanders.

Julian Alaphilippe leads Deceuninck–Quick-Step's powerhouse squad at Sunday's Tour of Flanders.

This year's Tour of Flanders has plenty of storylines to follow, from the race's prohibition of fans, to the debut of Romain Bardet and Julian Alaphilippe, to the heated rivalry between Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel.

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Van Aert accuses his long-time rival of ruining both their chances of victory after the pair marked each other out in the final of Gent-Wevelgem.

Mads Pedersen said that Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel marked each other in the thrilling finale to Gent-Wevelgem. As the two men eyed each other, Pedersen escaped to take a much-deserved win.

Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert said the cancelation of Paris-Roubaix shifts more importance to Gent-Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders.

Van Aert back in top shape and ambitious as ever after physically and mentally struggling to keep momentum after worlds.

Here's all you need to know about one of the toughest one-day races of the year, from the crosswinds, dirt roads and cobbled climbs of the course to the ways to watch it live.

Just weeks after seeing the Tour snatched from him and being blasted by media for his ride at the worlds, Slovenian star salvages season in dramatic sprint.

Tour de France runner-up laments not having legs in finale to help trade teammate chase down Alaphilippe.

Belgian star disappointed but 'without regret' after being bettered in worlds time trial and then road race by unstoppable opposition.

Frenchman goes solo with 12km to go, holding off a stellar chase group to take his nation's first rainbow jersey since 1997.

Wout van Aert, Julian Alaphilippe, Michael Woods, Marc Hirschi and Jakob Fuglsang are among the top favorites to take the rainbow bands in Imola.

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The full guide to this week's Imola worlds, including the courses, the favorites, the American prospects, and how to watch the action live.

Primož Roglič lost his legs for first time in an otherwise faultless Tour de France performance Saturday, tumbling out of the race lead in dramatic time trial collapse

Star domestique to be given freedom to race for victory – and a possible hat trick of stage wins – at the Tour's ITT on Saturday.

Van Aert fined for swearing at Sagan after the pair came head-to-head in Poitiers.

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Lotto-Soudal pocket rocket Caleb Ewan score his second win in the 2020 Tour de France, while Peter Sagan is relegated.

Caleb Ewan wins stage 11 of the Tour de France with little to spare

Peter Sagan was relegated for shoving Wout van Aert in the stage 11 sprint, and afterwards van Aert had heated comments about Sagan's sprint.

Dozens of riders crashed Tuesday during a nervous stage littered with road furniture and roundabouts.

On today's episode we analyze Team Ineos Greandiers' crosswind trap into Lavaur. Then, we discuss Wout van Aert's stunning season, and what it means for his future in pro cycling. Then, American Brent Bookwalter offers his analysis on the stress of the Tour de France's opening week.

History repeated in the crosswinds during Friday's seventh stage of the Tour de France. Just one year ago the race exploded in crosswinds, and some of the same GC riders lost time.

Brutal winds, Bora-Hansgrohe, and Wout van Aert blew up the peloton in stage 7 of the 2020 Tour de France.

In today's Active Pass roundtable, we field your questions about Neilson Powless, Wout van Aert, and the UCI's ruling on Julian Alaphilippe.