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Wout van Aert leads the Jumbo-Visma train up a misty climb during the 2020 Tour de France

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The Wout Factor

Fully recovered from his horrific 2019 Tour crash, Wout van Aert is the most exciting bike racer in the world. Domestique, sprinter, climber, time-trials, cyclo-cross, and now Tour de France stage wins – he can do it all

By Olivier Nilsson-Julien

Photography by Alex Broadway / ASO

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1 SEPTEMBER 2020 | UPDATED 11.12 AM BST

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