Inside the Teams: Wout van Aert relives Tour barrier crash
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Wout van Aert, Team Jumbo Visma, is recovering from a severe leg injury after catching a barrier during Stage 13, the Individual Time Trial, forcing him to abandon the race. Speaking in hospital in France on Saturday, he reflected on the crash and his boyhood dream being dashed - for this year at least.
Don't get down on yourself Wout. Accidents happen and you'll be back stronger than ever soon! Going to be one to watch in the future years!
Wout, you'll be back on the bike in no time and I look forward to watching you in the Tour for many years to come. Right now, just focus on getting better.
Nice interview. I'm absolutely gutted for him because he was riding so well. I'm surprised he isn't clearer about what happened with the barrier. I'm assuming it's been fully investigated by others at this point, but watching replays and seeing the way the barriers are designed makes it quite clear to me. His right hip/bib shorts got impaled by the joining fork at the top of the barrier. They're meant to link up with the adjacent barrier, but the race organizers aligned them AGAINST the direction of travel so they were basically like knives pointing right back at the riders as they flew by. Eminently foreseeable crash and a ridiculous decision by the race organizers to align the barriers like that.
It was an accident waiting to happen💥(ALTRAD) CROWD CONTROL BARRIERS are dangerous when they are put in the wrong direction ..special in the corner
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Some french type barrier which has forks on the side... I've never seen that type of barrier where I've been. Fences I've seen only have hooks on their side, from which they're joined...
Good to see you sitting up and talking, all the best for the recovery. In no time it will all be a distant memory!
yanito1979 I say it just became a distant memory. Strade Bianche 2020
Very happy to see Wout is doing Ok! Looking forward to seeing him race again soon and next year in the Tour! Best of luck!
It sounds like a war zone interview poor guy😭
But I’m sure this tour was just the beginning of many many victories ahead of him. Rest well and heal up soon champion😘🌈🙌
Desperately disappointing for all of us to see Wout go out,Jumbo Visma did a great job animating the race,wishing Wout a full and speedy recovery and look forward to his next grand tour.
back here after he won 2020 Strade Bianchi!!!!
Absolutely bossing the tour de france now
@@HumaneNewt Most impressive one out there. Put him down for the time trial to.
And now le mont Ventoux !
Best wishes for a good and speedy recovery love from your supporters in England x x x
Heal quickly, you'll be back stronger than ever!!
So sorry about your crash. I hope you heal soon!
hope you recover well
I'm happy to see you well :) really it was a dramatic accident. I'm sure that many of audience was paniced, shocked and be sorry like me. I hope you get well soon champ. Take care!
Super glad you're doing well. Fight another day.
dude you are a real talent and hope you get back on the bike soon - that was a horrible crash and not your fault at all - those damn barriers have taken down many a fine rider - they are ridiculous - an outright hazard and have been for many years yet the UCI likes drama and refuses to remove them for safer barriers - that is CRIMINAL - if I was you I would SUE the UCI for allowing unsafe barriers - hang in there and be patient with the recovery - don't rush it - it takes a lot of time to get back to where you were - hard not to press but you MUST let it heal fully and then slowly bring it back - hope all goes well for you
Get well soon brother
You already have won three stages in the tour this year, big man. And you'll take a fourth on saturday. Respect is neverending.
Get well soon!
Wonderful, modest and kind young champion. And beautiful too.
Sorry for your accident Wout… but for sure we'll see you do great things, get well soon!
Respect voor Wout van aert ❤❤❤❤❤dikke love
The crash was absolutely horrifying so, in a way, I’m glad he’s ok. When it happened, i was sure he tore his knee ligaments out! Sad to see him out of the Tour.
Am I the only one who though the interviewer was turning the knife in the wound?
Juan0003 No, the interviewer isn’t, the interviewer is from team jumbo visma and he knows that Wout doesn’t have a problem with this questionnaires, as you may know Wout is a cyclocross rider and he had a very tuf cyclocross season and know his season on the road is going very well, he is happy anyway
All the best for you Wout. Get well quick.
Best wishes, a super star of the future
Exactly right. Compare Moto GP1 courses to what bicycle riders face. I understand that the courses are much longer, but especially in time trials, much more care in preparation of the courses should be exercised! Sorry to see Wout van Aert suffer because of organizer lack of care or competence.
My first thought when I saw the crash was that the overlap of the fences was in the incorrect way. it should be made so that you can lean into the fence without getting 'hooked' by it. Easy mistake to make if you're in a hurry assembling things, and most unfortunate in this case. Get well soon Wout!!!
See you back on the bike soon! TDF 2020!
Warrior.
You were going fast, Wout.
Fast recuperate, champ..
Bad luck dude 💪👊👍
damn
what are the organizer doing???
Un des futurs vainqueur du tour de France..
Sorry about the accident. This kid was in contention. However, we still don't know what exactly was the injury that he had surgery for?
He had a huge and deep flesh wound on his right hip/thigh with muscle damage. It was surgically cleaned out and stiched up.
Jammer Wout, volgend jaar weer terugkomen
Snel herstel toegewenst!
Some man...... HARD AS NAILS 🤔🤭 he still won two stages ya know!!!!
Wout van Aert la Vuelta
The fence was useless in that corner. The Tour organisers are abusing of these fences today because they want to create more and more distance between the race and the public, and this makes the atmosphere unpleasant compared to other races.
Je suis fane de toi voir vant art
so it s not barto who ate the bari bari no mi..
Nice sword lol
me and my fams last name is van aert
Ooooh harme woutje
“It went really quickly” clearly not the NHS then😂
Dutch speakers are sounding so much like drunken, but hyperconcentrated Germans. Very strange.
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