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Wout van Aert about the 'strange' naming of his Strava rides: "At our first training we were singing Fixkes "Kvraagetaan" and it stuck with us"
CyclingSunday, 11 February 2024 at 01:00
This Sunday Wout van Aert starts his road season with the Clasica de Almeria. While training at Mallorca with his Visma | Lease a Bike teammates Julien Vermote and Tiesj Benoot, the Belgian accustomed a rather unusual habit. As the loyal user of Strava he is, every one of his recent training rides is now named with lyrics from Dutch-speaking musicians.
"It has gotten a bit out of hand," Van Aert said in conversation with Sporza. "I have been making a sport of giving training a special name for some time now. At our first training we were singing Fixkes' Kquestionetaan. That stuck and I often use something like that for the titles on Strava."
"Then I came up with the idea to title all training sessions in Mallorca with a sentence from a Dutch song. It has become a challenge," laughs Van Aert. "When I see nice words or beautiful rhymes, as Sam Gooris can inimitably do, I think it's fantastic."
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