It's a long road back to the front end of a bike race for
Wout van Aert since his disastrous, spring-ending crash at Dwars door Vlaanderen earlier this year. Over the last couple of days at the
Tour of Norway however, there have been encouraging signs for the Belgian.
"Confidence has grown,” reflects the upbeat Team Visma | Lease a Bike superstar in his post-stage 4 interview, having sprinted to 3rd on the day behind Alexander Kristoff and Jordi Meeus in a frantic finale to the Tour of Norway. "There is still a difference between having the right ambitions and not making any effort. I wanted to throw myself and I'm happy that I succeeded in the last two days.”