Wout van Aert will return to racing at subsequent week’s Tour of Norway for the primary time since breaking his collarbone, ribs and sternum at Dwars door Vlaanderen on March 27.
The Belgian star noticed his Spring Classics marketing campaign and deliberate debut on the Giro d’Italia derailed when he crashed at excessive pace within the one-day Classic simply 4 days earlier than his massive objective of the Tour of Flanders.
An extended rehabilitation interval adopted, with Van Aert first getting again to strolling earlier than a staggered return to driving a motorbike the place he used a mountain bike and gravel bike earlier than he returned to regular coaching in April.
“It hasn’t at all times been straightforward sitting on the sidelines, however fortuitously, I can now look forward once more”, Van Aert stated in a launch from the group.
“I’m wanting ahead to pinning on a race quantity once more. I’ve been in a position to prepare an increasing number of in current weeks, however it’s nonetheless completely different from racing. So, my major objective is to check myself and see how I do in a race. Without any expectations.”
More to come back…