Wout Van Aert - "The Tour is a big stage to protest on, good try but embarrassing for us" on climate-change activists protest
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The tenth stage of the Tour de France concluded on Tuesday, with protest by climate-change activists being the highlight of the day . Wout Van Aert finished in 65th place, 10 minutes behind stage winner Magnus Cort.
Van Aert is saving energy for the challenging stages on Wednesday and Thursday. “It was a very fast start today. It took a very long time before we got a flight. That was a difficult situation for everyone, The final climb was too easy to attack Tadej Pogacar. In addition, the coming days will also be very tough, then we will become a bit wiser,” said Van Aert to Sporza.
The race was disrupted due to climate-change activists protesting on the track around 35 kilometers from the finish line ."I didn't even know that. I was chatting at the back of the peloton when I heard the race was going to be stopped. Of course, the Tour is a big stage to protest on. I would say: good try, but embarrassing for us," concluded Van Aert. He currently holds 42nd position in GC, 31 minutes and 39 seconds behind overall leader Tadej Pogacar.
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- A great champion but a better human. jus' sayin'
Davide15-11-2026 - Congrats! It is done so now is time for CX.averagecyclist15-11-2026
- It's going to happen at some point. It will happen to Tadej as well, we all get older. Jonas was in pretty great form at the tour. I still consider him a top two or three cyclist in the world, until he's not.awp15-11-2026
- mij, I am not so sure of that. I have been on a spine ward at a Denver hospital that had quite a few spinal injuries from mountain biking.BDBigGuy15-11-2026
- Pogi takes care of his teammates in races and training. Tadej Pogačar is widely praised within the cycling peloton for his fair and egalitarian leadership, actively supporting his UAE teammates both on the road during races and behind the scenes at training camps. Rather than acting like an untouchable superstar, he has intense team loyalty by sharing daily chores, giving up personal glory to help domestiques, and publicly praising their sacrifices. Unlike some Grand Tour contenders, like Vingegaard, who occasionally train away from their squads, Pogi consistently attends team training camps alongside his domestiques, making the exact same sacrifices to build friendship. I love how Pogačar shares his teammates-domestiques, either when they succeed or win in races or when they simply just do a good job for him. It has to be a great moral boost for them. And then they work even harder and go even deeper for Pogi. This is teamwork.PogiSloFans15-11-2026
- Yeah, what he said!Lozza15-11-2026
- I’m sure Jasper Philipsen would disagree with you.Lozza15-11-2026
- Article says he was “out for a spin around the town”, implying not off-road.Lozza15-11-2026
- let’s be honest, Alpecin is all about one rider - MVDP. I’m sure he gets whatever he needs, the rest get the scraps.mij15-11-2026
- there are more vicious injuries on a road bike than a mountain bike far and away.mij15-11-2026
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