Wout van Aert
– Belgian Champion Jersey
– Rainbow Jersey (Cyclocross World Champion)
– Team Jumbo-Visma
Wout van Aert is a Belgian professional road and cyclo-cross racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. Van Aert won three consecutive men's races at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Having initially prioritised competing in cyclo-cross, Van Aert terminated his contract with Verandas Willems-Crelan in 2018 and joined Team Jumbo–Visma in March 2019, on a three-year deal. Van Aert has since taken more than thirty professional road wins, including nine stage victories at the Tour de France between 2019 and 22 (also winning the Green Jersy in 2022), and won Milan-San-Remo
Following the 2022 Tour de France, where Van Aert won three stages, several media outlets labeled him as "one of the most complete cyclists of his generation". His rivalry with Van der Poel in cyclo-cross is considered among the greatest and longest lasting rivalries in the sport.
Wout van Aert, won three stages during the Vuelta a España 2024, and suffered multiple crashes during Stage 16, the second of which left him shaken and bloodied and forced him to abandon his Vuelta 2024 campaign.