Wout van Aert has made a slow start to the 2025 road season, not yet hitting the heights that has come to be expected of the Team Visma | Lease a Bike superstar. After his crash-savaged season in 2024 though, just staying upright could be seen as Van Aert's biggest positive of the campaign so far.
After the now-30-year-old saw his Spring ended prematurely last year by a nasty crash at
Dwars door Vlaanderen, Van Aert fought his way back to full fitness and really began to find his best form at the
Vuelta a Espana. Sadly though, after taking three stage wins and building a considerable lead in the points classification, disaster struck again on stage 16, ending his Grand Tour and he season as a whole.