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| Full name | Wout van Aert |
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| Born | (1994-09-15) 15 September 1994
Herentals, Belgium |
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| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
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| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb) |
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| Current team | Visma–Lease a Bike |
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| Role | Rider |
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| Rider type | - Sprinter
- All-rounder (road)
Time trialist
Classics specialist |
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| 2018–2019 | Cibel–Cebon Offroad Team |
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| 2013 | Telenet–Fidea |
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| 2014–2016 | Vastgoedservice–Golden Palace |
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| 2017–2018 | Vérandas Willems–Crelan |
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| 2019– | Team Jumbo–Visma |
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- Cyclo-cross
- World Championships (2016, 2017, 2018)
- National Championships
(2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
- World Cup (2015–16, 2016–17, 2020–21)
- 17 individual wins (2014–15—2018–19, 2020–21—2024–25)
- Trophy (2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17)
- Superprestige (2015–16)
- Road
Grand Tours
- Tour de France
- Points classification (2022)
- 9 individual stages (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- 1 TTT stage (2019)
- Combativity award (2022)
- Giro d’Italia
- Trofeo Bonacossa (2025)
- 1 individual stage (2025)
- Vuelta a España
- 3 individual stages (2024)
Stage races
- Tour of Britain (2021, 2023)
- Danmark Rundt (2018)
One-day races and Classics
- National Time Trial Championships
(2019, 2020, 2023)
- National Road Race Championships (2021)
- Milan–San Remo (2020)
- E3 Saxo Bank Classic (2022, 2023)
- Strade Bianche (2020)
- Gent–Wevelgem (2021)
- Amstel Gold Race (2021)
- Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2022)
- Bretagne Classic (2022)
- Coppa Bernocchi (2023)
- Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (2024)
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Wout van Aert (born 15 September 1994) is a Belgian professional road and cyclo-cross racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. Van Aert won three consecutive men's races at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018.
Having initially prioritised competing in cyclo-cross, Van Aert terminated his contract with Vérandas Willems–Crelan in 2018 and joined Team Jumbo–Visma in March 2019, on a three-year deal. Van Aert has since taken more than forty professional road wins, including nine stage victories at the Tour de France between 2019 and 2022 (also winning the points classification in 2022), and won Milan–San Remo – one of the five Cycling monuments – in 2020.
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". His rivalry with Mathieu van der Poel in cyclo-cross is considered among the greatest and longest lasting rivalries in the sport.