Mathieu van der Poel has high hopes for the return of Wout van Aert. The world champion thinks that his Belgian rival on Friday at the Azencross in Loenhout is already in the top five, it will end up.
“It’s a good thing that he has to come back,” said Van der Poel, on Thursday following his victory in the wereldbekercross in Heusden-Zolder, belgium on the return to van Aert at a local Newspaper. “I think he will immediately be in the top-five finish.”
The 25-year-old Van Aert in the Azencross his comeback after months out of rotation with a heavy crash in the Tour de France. The Belgian was in July during the time trial at Pau by his side as a crowd barrier, with a deep wound down, and had two times surgery. Last month, he took a big step forward in his recovery.
Earlier this week, it announced that Van Aert is already that he is not an old-fashioned fight, with Van der Poel, wants to be in Loenhout. “It’s not supposed to be for the results to go to. I’m not too much of that,” he said on Monday. “I want to see the cross used to be the best. In terms of results, it will probably be a lost year.”
Van Aert and Van der Poel had the last few seasons of fairly well-matched at the cross. So, is the new rider on the Jumbo-Visma is in the 2016, 2017 and 2018 shall be set to the title of world champion. At the beginning of this year, he finished at the world CHAMPIONSHIPS in denmark Bogense second behind the Dutch rider.
now, Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel at the world CHAMPIONSHIPS earlier this year. (Photo: )
” One of the most challenging tracks to drive at,
Van der Poel reported on the Second Day of his thirteenth win of the season. The European champion, drove halfway down the race road, and was overtaken by the competition. It was, however, he would not be easy to find in Heusden-Zolder, belgium.
“This is one of the most difficult tracks to drive, you are as a leader, it is never out of sight”, he said. “As a group, that is, in the pursuit of runs, you will always be in sight. In addition, you can be on the tussenstroken to work together, and as a leader, you can’t do that.”
It was Van der Poel it is not good for the back. “The many bumps in the trail, I got some knocks on my back. In addition, the tubes are pretty tough. I didn’t have a stiff back, but by stretching and relaxing that can be.’
The mannenwedstrijd, the Azencross is on Friday at 15: 00, start, to. Over the past two years, picked up Van der Poel’s win in Loenhout and the ending Of the Aert as the second one.
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