"I have a disease" - Wout van Aert causes concerns on Strava after latest training ride
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It's still not certain when or where Wout van Aert will next be in action, with a return to cyclocross this winter still unconfirmed as of yet. In his latest update to Strava, the Belgian has also raised some concerns by his choice of caption.
Uploading a ride of over 116 kilometres, lasting exactly four hours, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike superstar, captions the post with the curious: "I have a disease, it's a very specific one." Just like his return to racing, the meaning behind Van Aert's choice of words is a little unclear. Is he actually suffering some kind of virus or illness, or is this a more tongue in cheek post, relating to his obsession with the bike?
As mentioned, the post certainly raised a few eyebrows amongst Van Aert's fans with the comments underneath his latest upload full of questions over the potential reasoning. See the post for yourself down below.
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- If you listen to team radios you'll hear each DS telling their riders to ride faster, fight their way to the front, and all occupy the same 8 places.Sweep22-12-2024
- You're talking about a sport where equipment and clothing is measured in grams.Sweep22-12-2024
- “During a TT, I am basically blind”. That was his quote after crashing into the barriers in a TT. The problem isn’t the UCI, radios or air bags. The problem is the riders and their teams.JoeyB22-12-2024
- I think you overestimate scientific knowledge and for sure the spreading of it. There are huge numbers of people in similar situations, if there were an easy solution somebody would be making big money out of it. Nerve pain can have many complex origins or be due to complex combinations of reasons. Even if you discover a reason there is not always a solution. Migraines haven’t been solved either. I have had lower back/hip nerve pains on and off for over 30 years, no kind of doctor has ever found a way to reduce, prevent or solve the problem. It may just be that some people are born with nerves that are too short or get twisted out of position during certain movements.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- Amazing ride by her and very promising for her future. On a side note, it’s a bit worrying all these wins riders have after emotional moments in their lives, someone will come up with emotional doping at some point. Maybe give them fake news just before a big race to get hormones pumping.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- I doubt he will have the energy to do that if he continues to do leadout for Phillipsenabstractengineer22-12-2024
- I know several people who’ve tried contacting sport airbag manufacturers and none of them ever got a reply. Might be hard to organise anything with such attitudes.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- It's the BBC. Who cares outside of little Britain.leodis22-12-2024
- Crawl back under your stone.leodis22-12-2024
- Thanks Dadmobk22-12-2024