"Today it was like a dream scenario" emotional Wout van Aert says after third Tour de France win

Albeit reaching Paris with only five riders, Jumbo-Visma's Tour de France could've hardly gone any better as the Dutch team took their sixth win with three riders today in the final time-trial with Wout van Aert.

Van Aert watched his teammate Jonas Vingegaard cross the line into second place, as they celebrated and showed their emotions. “I’m emotional. Winning the Tour de France with the team is really special. Also today it was like a dream scenario. Jonas [Vingegaard] is such a strong guy but such a good guy as well," the green jersey said in a post-race interview.

Today was his third win, after triumphs in Calais and Lausanne. After several wins and many more podium places, plenty breakaways and a lot of work towards the fight for the overall classification, van Aert will have the spotlight on him after this Tour where almost all pieces of Jumbo-Visma's plan fell into place. The Belgian was the fastest at today's time-trial, beating his own teammate Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar in the hills of southern France.

"I gave it all today. I want to win races and today I hoped to take the stage and J to secure the yellow jersey. Apparently… he’s got such a big heart! It was a really fast TT, I had to keep something left for the two hard climbs at the end. I paced my effort well. Technically I made no mistake," he explained. "It’s a special setting coming to the top of this village. It was a great day.”

Tomorrow's expected bunch sprint into the Champs-Élysées will be another day where the Belgian rider could fight for the win, however Jumbo-Visma have taken all the wins they could hope for along these three weeks and the riders will likely take the opportunity to enjoy the day.

"I thank all my team mates and the whole team for those special three weeks, it’s unbelievable. I feel super tired after three weeks," van Aert concluded.