2023-07-20 14:37:27
It is probably the most touching story of the Tour de France 2023!
Wout van Aert (28), sprint star and noble helper of leader Jonas Vingegaard (26), did not compete in the 18th stage from Moutiers to Bourg-en-Bresse on Thursday. Reason: wife Sarah (28) expects the second child.
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Source: Sportdigital 07/20/2023
The Belgian: “We decided with the team that my place is now at home. The doctor said that the contractions are imminent.” The absence will hardly harm the Jumbo-Visma team. Vingegaard is all but certain of his second consecutive Tour win. The lead over pursuer Tadej Pogacar (24/Slovenia) was 7:35 minutes before the stage.
Van Aert: “It’s not a dilemma, it was an easy decision. I told the guys over dinner and they have my back 100 percent. If my wife needs me, I’ll be there, that was always clear.”
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It is unclear when he will return to the bike. First of all he will be there for his family. Two second and two third places, more was not possible for him this year. “I often had the legs to win, but it wasn’t meant to be,” he says.
Actually, the all-rounder is the stage hunter par excellence. But his thoughts revolved almost exclusively around his family. “We talked to each other every day and my wife had a short connection to the doctor,” said the nine-time Tour stage winner.
Captain Jonas Vingegaard thanks his helper Wout van Aert (l.)
Photo: WITTERS
Even if the child will not be born until after the Tour of France, van Aert will always remember this 110th tour: “To the extent that I called home every day and now I got out.”
He has no worries that Vingegaard’s overall victory could still be in danger. “These seven guys will perform well for the rest of the tour and I’ll look back on the race with a good feeling. The results are one thing, how you feel on the bike is another,” he explained.
Simon Geschke just in front of the broom wagon. On Wednesday he was last, on Thursday he got out exhausted
Photo: ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP
Too bad: With Simon Geschke (37), who wore the mountain jersey for nine days last year, the second German gave up on the tour. The Berliner could not drive nearly as well this time as in 2022. In the spring, a corona disease threw him back. Sprinter Phil Bauhaus (28) got out on Wednesday.
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