Wout van Aert and
Jonas Vingegaard have been the two leading lights of
Team Visma | Lease a Bike over the last few years, leading their team to a number of notable results. Over the last twelve months or so though, both superstars have found success a lot harder to come by thanks to a series of crashes and badly timed illnesses.
After a rocky start to the 2025
Giro d'Italia, Van Aert has grown stronger and stronger with every day of the Grand Tour, peaking with a famous stage win on the 'mini Strade Bianche' stage 9. Whilst Vingegaard himself is not present at the Giro this year, instead training at altitude ahead of later goals this year including the
Tour de France, the Danish star has been keeping a close eye on developments in Italy and in particular, the performances of his good friend Van Aert.