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Wout van Aert

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Wout van Aert is a Belgian professional cyclist who competes in both road racing and cyclo-cross. He won three consecutive UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships from 2016 to 2018, and on the road he has won Milan-San Remo, Paris-Roubaix and ten individual Tour de France stages, along with the Tour de France green points jersey in 2022. He took the silver medal in the road race at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and is regarded as one of the most versatile cyclists of his generation, competing successfully as a sprinter, time trialist and classics specialist.

Facts
Birth Year
1994 1
Birth Date
1994-09-15 1
Nationality
Belgian 1
Career Highlight
Won three consecutive UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2016, 2017 and 2018. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
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1. Wout van Aert - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, Born field
    Wout van Aert (born 15 September 1994)
  • Lead paragraph, opening sentence
    Wout van Aert (born 15 September 1994)
  • Lead paragraph, nationality clause
    is a Belgian professional road and cyclo-cross racer
  • Career highlights section
    Van Aert won three consecutive men's races at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    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".
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