'I was just too selfish' – Cramps and 'big mistake' bring Wout van Aert heartbreak at Dwars door Vlaanderen for second year in row

The riders of Visme Lease a bike made a big mistake, in the finish of the Dwars door Vlaanderen race they were driven by Neilson Powless, the blame was taken by Wout van Aert.

It was supposed to be the day of Wout's resurrection. At least, that's what Van Aert had come up with himself. In the week that the cycling fever in Flanders flared to unprecedented temperatures as the 109th edition of the famous Tour takes place on Sunday, the Flemish leader of Visma-Lease a Bike wanted to prove at the dress rehearsal in Dwars door Vlaanderen that he could take on the world again. He shot himself in the foot while making a fool…

Tactical disaster. Shocking defeat for Visma. Shame on the super team. Such headlines and comments were also generated by the completely unexpected ending of Wednesday's worldtour classic Dwars door Vlanderen. A race that is considered a dress rehearsal for Sunday's second monument of the season, the Tour of Flanders.

Through Flanders should have been the resurrection race for Wout van Aert because in this race, exactly one year ago, with a fall he had destroyed an entire season: by winning on those very roads, the Belgian could have erased all......

The Belgian one-day race Quer durch Flanders became a fiasco for cycling superstar Wout van Aert. The Belgian then took the blame.

Wout van Aert can count on a lot of sympathy after Dwars door Vlaanderen, also from top cyclist Demi Vollering. She can perfectly imagine how he feels. "I find it completely understandable that he has lost himself a bit," she writes on Instagram.