We're working on some of our BIGGEST videos ever on Wout van Aert, MvDP & Geraint Thomas so in the meanwhile we'll release a few pieces like this. Let us know your thoughts!

Wout and Jonas are good friends. The reason he didn’t drop off the front is because Jonas had 6 other riders to help him, and they said to Wout to go for the stage win. It’s just the media trying to stir up drama.

Personally i think WvA is at the best team for him to get what he wants, he has never stated that he wants to be a GC rider in big tours, he does however want to win the classics and wants to become WC next month. Also Jonas and van Aert seem to be cool with eachother from every screen footage you see. Jonas even went to van Aert today at his house in Belgium to personally congratulate him with the birth of his son. Looking at all the teams and how they are set up for next year and coming years i dont know which team he could join that already has a leader and has a great organization that can put him in the position for GC. Mentioning he only has one leadout is the issue? One lead out is all you need 🤨 I conclude this video is mostly clickbait and speculation based on no evidence or proof (the netflix docu isnt proof)

When the whole team works for you in the spring classics, you sometimes have to pay the team back, even if your name is Wout van Aert. Look at MvdP totally riding for Philipsen this TdF instead of for his own chances. Kwiatkowski could have won 10 TdF stages if he hadn't be a domestique for Froome/Thomas all these years. Don't forget WvA already won 9 stages in the Tour de France, one of them a TT last year that was literally gifted to him by Vingegaard. Plus the Green Jersey. You can't expect him to win 3 stages every Tour.

This video makes the assumption that the only races that count are the 21 TDF stages each year. In 22 Wout did far better at the tour last year. I think Wout and Jumbo knew Wout was going to leave for his son this year so Wout concentrated on helping Jonas win as Wout was not going to finish in Paris. Next year will be a different story.

If Wout became a GT rider, he would lose everything that makes him special as a rider. He would go from being the only guy that is good at everything to only being very good at climbs, and we don't even know if he would be the best climber, because there are monsters like Vingegaard and Pogacar out there.

It makes more sense for Primoz Roglic to leave Jumbo.

He’s in the top 10 paid cyclist making over 2-3 million a year. Why would he leave. He stated “I don’t need to convince you that I was more interested, but I have never personally interacted with any other team. It has always been my goal to extend my contract here. It was best for me to stay. I am glad that it has been completed and I am relieved to be able to speak my mind.” The media made up the tension between him and the rest of the guys on the team.

WvA as GT contender? I doubt that... he is too big. But he IS one hell of a rider.

Dude made really a whole video about a Netflix documentary. WvA stated multiple times that they portrayed him in a very wrong way. Always this half-baked, misinformed videos, too bad the knowledge of the channel is questionable.

Quickstep was really bad this springseason. His support at jumbo is much better. At the tour he will have the same problem as now, because evenepoel will be the leader he has to support.

For 6M WVA isn’t leaving I don’t think he has any issues with Jonas as evidence with him visiting them in the hospital after the tour and blessing his newest child with a yellow jersey. Nothings wrong with their relationship trust me

No way Wout rides with Remco. I think Jumbo (probably NEOM in the future) bring in an elite lead out rider to bring him to the line at TDF sprint stages. He should target the world road race championship every year.

Interesting vid. But why would WVA go to QS to ride for Evenepoel? Makes no sense. And besides that, he gets plenty of opportunities to go for his own succes at JV, just like last years TDF. In one day races, like RVV, Paris-Roubaix etc etc he gets a whole team that rides for him.

what about sepp kuss that man could probably win one of the other grand tours with a team around him. racing the giro and the tour like he did is mental.

lol lots of baseless statements made in this video just to fuel more issues within the team. This year wout has really no incentive to go all out given his wife is about to give birth. As a father you wouldnt risk your life for more daring attempts to win especially in sprints. Wout is at the best team there is currently. He never had any GC aspirations. His team knows how to work for him, and he also knows how to work for them

this is very interesting, and yes, it's true, he might have had more success in this Tour if he had been in another team. However, the counterargument is 2022. Same situation, and Wout won everything he could. Finally, the question of where he would go. It's very flawed logic to suggest he'd join Quickstep. That team is being build around Remco for GC, so it would be the exact situation as with Jumbo. Same thing goes for Ineos and other teams going for GC. But there are plenty of other teams such as Bahrain, Israel PT, DSM. Even the smaller Lotto would be a great team, as they're struggling to win stages.

Seeing him optimize his potential for GC and give the current favorites a run for their money riding for a team like Ineos would be fun.

WvA is a beast on a bicycle but I doubt he will transfer. Maybe next time Jumbo will give him a better opportunity in other future races.

Chill, Wout and Jonas are good friends, there's no drama in the team. However disappointed might Wout be for coming so close but not getting the stage victories, he's incredible professional and puts it past really quickly. This year's Tour was the best example of that, the Herculean tasks he did for Jonas were incredible, just think of the Tourmalet stage. He's in the best team there currently is and he knows it. Besides, some stage victories at Tour are nice of course, but he'd rather have none of those and win Flanders and Roubaix for which he's always among the top contenders.

Many new cycling fans believe Tour de France equals cycling. Well it does not, certainly not for riders like Wout Van Aert or Tadej Pogačar, who lead Vingegaard considerably in UCI rankings. There is a whole other side to cycling besides tour de France and the other two 3 week 'soap operas'. There are classics, monuments, championships and shorter tours, some of which are cherished in the world of cycling equally or even more than TdF.

His problem is the limited amount of team that could both afford his salary AND afford his ambition. SoudalQS is actually a worse alternative, because why would being a domestique to Remco be better than being one to Jonas? I find it ludicrous that Remco is ‘afraid’ to compete in TdF. Remco will eventually have to compete in TdF, and when that times come Wout will have to pull for Remco in a team that, for a hot minute now, hasn’t had a real shot on Yellow Jersey until Remco; sounds worse to me. As for his performance this year, I’m not sure if it’s bcos Wout truly did not have the adequate support to win stages from Jumbo. Did he last year? I really do not see the difference other than.. maybe Wout was just not at his level from last year. Jumbo could never stop Wout winning stages even if they want to. Jumbo knows that, and Wout too. And as for leaving for team that can afford his ambition BUT not his salary… lol, he is only human like us. It rarely happens in our daily life, and much less in professional sports. Plus, he gets the benefit of Jumbo’s larger media exposure (and relationships) than any other team in the world now, and that’s a perk a superstar cyclist could never discount…. He needs sponsors and his sponsors needs exposure. Ineos is probably a better option, as it is unclear whether or not they will truly have a sustainable GC contender, esp for TdF. Rodriguez showed promises, but we will see. If Ineos is still trying to find one, that would be a good temporary moment for Wout to jump in. Large team with big budget and no clear superstar GC contender to focus on.

I think it makes sense for Wout to stay because Jumbo is a huge team and will support him in many races, but he will have toi understand that in the TdF and perhaps one of the other Grand Tours he will NOT play first fiddle. IF he cannot understand that, then he needs to go. But if he is fine with that, then he should stay because he can hardly wish for better backing in many classics etc throughout the year.

Where would he go to be supported better? Especially in the races that suits him the best? Nowhere will he find better teammates, who are able to support him in the races he excels in.

Seems like the research only considered 3 weeks of the year and not a majority of the season where JV rides solely to support WvA!

Well, Wout was offered to the Lotto team, even before Veranda Willems but they didn't want him. I think he's happy where he is now, and Jonas is a good friend of his so> soudal would want him but they have to keep Remco first, after his contract he will go to Ineos.

I was saying Wout needs to race for the yellow but everyone is saying he's too heavy. No shit rn but he can lose weight and keep most of that power and ride at 150lbs for GC easily.

Skjelmose didn't start the rumour. It had been going around for several weeks and had even been reported in some media, before he mentioned it off the cuff.

Well.. Wout is not a GC rider.. He guy is a monster, he can do anything but the thing he isnt is a GC rider.

0:45 Jonas have commented that he told Wout to go in that situation since Jonas couldnt keep up and had a ineos rider on him

7:15 It's a bit like Buyout in NBA, only trouble is that the athletes themselves pay the Buyout fee, not the team. However: The athletes still become free agents of the buyouts are successful.

At the end of the day, the only thing that matters in TdF is to win the GC. Individual stages are not as important in that picture. TdF is a team effort to win the overall GC, meaning the yellow jersey. It is impossible to keep everybody happy.

Bora Hansgrohe would be a good fit for WvA. They focus on classics and the tour while not having GC aspirations so hyper focused like with Jumbo and UAE, which seems to fit what he is interested in. Doubt they have the money to buy out his contract though.

why quickstep? Remco is obviosly the leader of the team, not sure why you think other wise as he is young and really good. I think he would be in a similar position as he is now because of how up and coming remco is. Anothing thing is Remco loves to win and isnt the nicest, they already have tention because of fights on the belgian national team a few years ago and I just cannot agree with you on quickstep being a good team for him

Duo to their success, Jumbo now has a good, but hard, problem to deal. How to fit the goals and ambitious of three true champions (Roglic, Vingegaard and Van Aert), that could easily be captains in most of other times.

when wout didn't win any stage at the Tour everyone lost their minds.

WVA is not the only rider wearing a Red Bull helmet. Anton Palzer from Bora-Hansgrohe also wears one.

My good friend Wesley Theunis is the personal masseur from Wout and there's nothing between him and Jonas. Same say's Raoul Saren, my former masseur. Who works also at Jumbo Visma and probably will move next year when Roglic changes team. Media always makes stories up. The worst ever is this Vuelta with Remco... Incredible why they need to look for hate and fights. Just enjoy the sports as these times are unique in cycling. Like the 70s there are great battles on the bike between really talented cyclists, like Matthieu, Poggi and others. That's once in a lifetime you can witness these natural talents.

Apparently: Vinegaard and Roglic already confirmed they will be in La Vuelta. With the child being born not long after Van Aert's withdrawal, it's a bit pointless to anticipate him joining them in Spain as well.

Wout can definitely become a GC contender. He can climb, he can sprint and he can break away too. What he really does need is a team the will support him as their leader, but seeing his friendship with Jonas, it's more probably like he's happy to just be a domestique for Jonas. If wout also say he wants to be a gc contender, then jumbo visma should be the one to make a move. Make both Jonas and Wout a leader, but they would need even stronger domestics for that because there will be no more wout to shelter Jonas as both of them will be the one who needs to be sheltered.

Maximum chaos and he signs w/ UAE and pulls for Pogacar.

I have watched some of your other videos, which were great. However you loses some credibility with this one. There are no tensions between the jumbo visma team mates. Netflix manipulated the behind the scenes to make it seem that way. Both WvA and Vingegaard confirmed this and were quite unhappy with how they were portrayed.

Interesting time to revisit this topic: if Jumbo could just let Sepp have the Vuelta given the right circumstances, surely they would support Wout for whatever his ambitions are too. The key is 'under a right circumstances'. Surely for any team there needs to be priorities. For Jumbo in the TDF, it is clearly GC over stage wins. It's not really Jonas' priority vs Wout's priority. Surely Wout could go to a team that has no other priorities so his priority always gets served. There happens to be this example of MVDP's. It's as good an example as examples go. Not many would consider MVDP's situation significantly better than Wout's. But end of the day it's Wout's personal choice if he wants to be part of Jumbo's big picture or not.

Wout is currently on the best team on the pro peleton. They allow him to chase his own goals so there is no gain to leaving. He’s a classics rider, not a GC contender. Although a good climber, he lacks the climbing prowess to ride with the GC leaders in the high mountains. That’s why he gets on the break. As the GC catches up to him on big climbs, he can then assist his teams GC rider. If he left JV t be GC contender on another team, GC riders would chase him, and pull him back. He wouldn’t be allowed to get on the break. His days of winning stages on tours would be over.

Wow…so a couple things…WVA would never be a real GC contender he is too big and heavy. Also MVDP is not much more than a lead out man in longer stages races. We also saw this spring that MVDP has a better sprint, so he doesn’t even compare to the other elite sprinters when he isn’t as fast as their lead out men. He said before the tour that he wasn’t interested in the green jersey this year and it showed in his tactics. Sure he could go to some other team and be a stage hunter at the tour, but I’m not sure he would trade everything he has going at jumbo a few stages with a worse team.

the way he rides ive thought he could be a real gc contender and would love to see it

Roglic and Wout going to Ineos would be nuts

Roglic, is the one that needs to leave Jumbo Visma. I hate to say this but Jonas is the man now. If Roglic wants to win TDF he needs to do it on a different team. Ineos is the best fit for him.

Primoz to Ineos and WVA to quickstep. Where does that leave jumbo

I want Roglic to leave Jumbo though. I want to see him in the Tour de France which won't happen now after Jonas winning it twice

Agree quick stpwould ride for him in the classics and for green at the tour

I'm not so sure Wout would have beaten Philipsen much this Tour, even with more of a team effort for him.

If he wants to go for GC, which he doesnt, he will lose his explosive power, which will mean that he wont be able to sprint and timetrail anymore that he loves. Ones he goes there is no turning back. So thats why he probs will never take that step to becoming a GC contender and there wont be no reason to leave jumbo

This is such dumb analysis... van aert is not going to win the GC against Tadej and Jonas. He is on a dream team at Jumbo where he can go for green and stage wins. There is no point in competing for GC for him on another team.

A move to UAE likely offers WVA the most opportunity for wins, the most comparable salary, and the least loss of exposure.

Bro really tried to create a beef based on a spliced clip and a bad day on a race just to prove a point

He deserves a shot at the yellow jersey…

Really well made video. Nice expenations but where is the evidence? Bad relations on the tem. Where is the evidence?

Remco to Ineos and WVA to Quikstep (plus they have to bolster their roster of Classics domestiques.

WVA to Quickstep? That’s ridiculous. WVA and Remco don’t get along and would fight over team leadership. LeFevre loves Remco and has put a lot into making him a success. Introducing WVA into that would upset Lefevre’s carefully crafted investment in Remco.

At those other teams he would also have to work as a domestique. (Evenepoel, Pogacar, Rodriguez). This video is just stupid

if he leaves for UAE, he rides for pogi in the classics and in the tour, if he leaves for quick step he rides for him self in the classics and for evenepoel in the grand tours, if he leaves for ineos he can go for himself in the classics and ride for someone in the grand tours, at jumbo he gets all the space for the classics, and gets his own opportunities in grand tours while helping vingegard, whereever he would go he would still need to ride for his team in the big tours, jumbo just has the strongest team of all, so he can probably get the most space where he is at now

Bro, Wout is fine he didn't have the best tour this year yes, but again he was on the winning team. Also it should never be a big deal for a father to be present for his child. Wout is a great rider and he will likely stay with Jumbo to have excellent support in the classics and having a gigantic salary. He will continue to win at Jumbo and overall he is still doing great, so I'm not too worried about him lol.

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I think this about is : this tour he was not the same as others he had not the legs that he had in 2022 and if he wants to win well a cyclist can’t win anything the want I think he should stay

Wva superb rider He deserves team built around him

Its swings and rounderbouts. Can there be too much ambition in a superteam. Maybe wout will end up as a GC contender. But I think he will have more success as a one day assassin /stage sniper.

Wout cannot win sprints against someone like Philipsen unless the stage has been really hard. He has even said multiple times that he is very wary of someone like Mads Pedersen in a sprint, and Pedersen is considerably slower than Philipsen on a flat stage. Wout also seems to be genuine friends with Jonas, and he has done what he has been asked every single stage of this years TdF. I really doubt he is as unhappy as some people claim him to be.

You're wrong about Skjelmose. He said it was predetermind that WVA would leave at the second wednesday of the Tour, which just wasn't true. That's diffefent than claiming he would leave early because his wife would give birth, which was already known long before the start of the Tour. Godda do your research man

I don't wanna see WVA on those hideous jerseys with lidl Trek

His got only internal pressure… his kinda shielded from been a true leader. Not sure how he would handle the dynamics of been a rider who had the full responsibility of making it happen at every big event. At Jumbo the pressure is spread across several riders, plus his in a good place, can’t seem breaking yet another contract with an outgoing sponsor.

Bullshit, van Aert en Vingegaard are friends. Vingegaard was visiting van Aert yesterday. van Aert is not unhappy with Jumbovisma. This is the same as Netflix. And one another thing, Wout is not leaving.

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You're making a good case.

I need a way to read the comment section without clicking into this video and contributing views to craps.

This video and channel is just bad. They changed their mind like three about who would win the tour, first after Vingegaard took time on Pogacar, and then a video saying Pogacar would win after he took time. Now saying that van Aert should change from the best team in the world. Jumbo dedicates the classics to van Aert, and the Grand Tours to Roglic and Vingegaard. Last year he won three stages AND the green jersey, all while helping Vingegaard win the tour. I agree on him (van Aert) not being on the same level as last year, but he didnt really ride for the green jersey this year, it was all about winning the Tour de France with Vingegaard.

Wow this is big!

I think MVDP maybe goes for UAE.

Next video - Why Sepp Kuss should LEAVE TJV after his contract.

You really just said that Mvdp and WvA roles are different but they are exactly the same in cyclocross, classics and in the tour. What a bad take

I think the best for him is like you said in the vid. Go to The Wolfpack. He will be the main man in almost every race. But winning the Tour De France with Quick-Step is never going to happen but he will win many races.

While i always appreciate good cycling content, i have to say that some statements in this video is just factually wrong. Skjeldmose did not start the rumour, that Wout was leaving early. That was already known beforehand. What he did say, however, was that he heard he would leave after a specific stage. It's also statet that the danish media called Wout out for leaving early, which isnt true eather. They mentioned it would be a loss for Vingegaard, but there was no ill will towards him. Then there is the whole speculation aspect of the video, arguing that it would benefit Wout to leave Jumbo-Visma. While its true, that Wout didn't win a stage in the Tour this year, we have already seen he has carte blanche to attack on stages without a GC focus. It didn't work out this year, but why should't it next year? That is an opinion of course, so it is perfectly valid to have. But looking at his results at JV, i don't think there is much incentive to leave unless Wout wants to be a pure Sprinter or a GC rider.

Wout Powls are 10 - 12Kg lighter than Wout van Art, and van Art works a lot more in this Mountain Stage!! Wout Van Art has this year not the form from last year. Wout will have to stay at Jumbo Visma.

Its roglic who needs to leave jumbo if he wants a shot at winning the tour before he retires

Wout has awnsered this question. There is no way it will happen. At Jumbo he gets what he wants and gas the best team mates possible

If someone else makes it make sense money wise, no braininer...otherwise, why would you leave the TDF winning team?

The sponsors dont count wins - they count screen time and public opinion, both of witch Wout is getting a lot by beeing the absolut beast he is - just look at the video clips like "everybody needs a wout in his life" the argument that he is under pressure from his sponsors is complete nonesens

Wow! That is a LOT of assumptions. 🙂

Wout van Aert is not a GC rider in the big tours. Tdf is decided in the high mountains and he is not a climber.

With a new child, I would not be surprised if WVA goes for the biggest payday to give his family financial security

Im sorry but wout is good at jumbo visma. He has a whole team around him at the classics. Lookt at last year paris nice, wout helped primoz roglic stay in yellow and a week later primoz helped wout in milan sanremo. The team works great and is the best team in the world. Besides some arguments, you cant say wout isnt at his place at jumbo visma

Let me add can Wout out climb Jonás and Pogi? Let that sink

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This is why Wout Van Aert shouldn't leave Jumbo : salary

Two kids, and momma ... "The Beast" needs to look out for his family and himself. He needs to move on! Time waits for no one, even Wout!

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So he should leave jumbo because he needs to do domestique duties in the tour for Jonas, and go to quickstep to do domestique duties for Remco? Also Wout as a GT rider... he would need to retrain his whole body. Hes a very decent climber, especially for someone that size. But not amongst the best 25 climbers in the world and hence not a GT contender. Hes "just" a great cyclocross, classics, sprint, small tour, break away and time trial rider.

Ohh I see ur point about wout.. But telling u.. He dnt need another team to prove he is the beat and he can compete to a gc leader.. Because he is a pure sprinter and time trial specialist... I think u did a wrong review about him... He is great at team jumbo visma... This only show to speculate a wrong information

To many in jumbo. One or two needs to find a new team for their own sake.