Wout van Aert licks his wounds but sees Mathieu van der Poel could be beatable at Tour of Flanders

Wout Van Aert on the attack at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Wout Van Aert on the attack at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Image credit: Getty Images)

The Visma-Lease a Bike team are still to win a Classic as the countdown to the Tour of Flanders begins but are hoping their fortunes will turn for the ‘Holy Week’ on the cobbles, with Wout van Aert recovering quickly after his crash at E3 Saxo Classic on Friday.  

Van Aert was left with some road rash and stiffness in his right hip after hitting the edge of the cobbles on the Paterberg as he tried to chase van der Poel. But he was able to train near his home in northern Belgium during the weekend.  

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