{"id":122608,"date":"2026-06-10T08:45:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/van-aert-keeps-getting-dropped-after-partying-too-hard-in-spring\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T08:45:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:45:35","slug":"van-aert-keeps-getting-dropped-after-partying-too-hard-in-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/van-aert-keeps-getting-dropped-after-partying-too-hard-in-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Aert Keeps Getting Dropped After Partying Too Hard in Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"justify-start\">\n<nav class=\"align-left col-span-full mb-base\" data-pom-e2e-test-id=\"breadcrumbs\"\/>\n<p>Van Aert keeps getting dropped in return to racing at Tour Auvergne-Rhones-Alpes \u2013 but Visma is keeping calm as alarm bells sound ahead of the Tour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"border-border-light border-t 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class=\"hidden sm:inline\">Listen<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/p>\n<p class=\"fp-leadCaption py-tight text-left font-utility text-utility3-size leading-utility3-line-height text-secondary\"> (Photo: Anne-Christine POUJOULAT \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Updated June 10, 2026 05:56AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/wout-van-aert\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Wout van Aert<\/a> is counting the cost after he indulged his\u00a0<a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/paris-roubaix\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris-Roubaix<\/a> victory a little too hard.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian megastar is off the back and scrambling for form ahead of the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/tour-de-france\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Tour de France<\/a> after he hit party-mode in celebration of beating Tadej Poga\u010dar on the <em>pav\u00e9<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He was gapped Sunday on the opening stage of the Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f4nes-Alpes (formerly the Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9) and unceremoniously dropped by his teammates Tuesday after just 10km of their winning team time trial.<\/p>\n<p>But team Visma-Lease a Bike is not worried \u2013 yet.<\/p>\n<p>Van Aert\u2019s just got to shake an eight-week hangover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWout took the time to recover and enjoy himself after Roubaix,\u201d said team head of performance Mathieu Heijboer. \u201cA lot has come Wout\u2019s way \u2013 many celebrations, especially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sunday to\u00a0<em><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nieuwsblad.be\/sport\/wielrennen\/decompressie-na-roubaix-laat-sporen-na-bij-van-aert-wout-moet-van-verder-komen-dan-gebruikelijk\/155945879.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Het Nieuwsblad<\/a><\/em>, Heijboer asserted Van Aert simply has to catch up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have to get back into the rhythm of training and racing, it simply takes a little more time,\u201d Heijboer said. \u201cThat means Wout has to come from further back than usual in preparation for the Tour de France.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Visma-Lease a Bike keeps calm ahead of Tour de France<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_982443\" class=\"pom-image-wrap photo-alignnone\"><img alt=\"ROUBAIX, FRANCE - APRIL 12: Race winner Wout van Aert of Belgium and Team Visma | Lease a Bike reacts after the 123rd Paris-Roubaix Hauts-de-France 2026 - Men's Elite a 258.3km one day race from Compiegne to Roubaix \/ #UCIWT \/ on April 12, 2026 in Roubaix, France. (Photo by )\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"852\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-982443\" style=\"color:transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270993411-2-1200x852.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover 1x, https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270993411-2-1200x852.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover 2x\" src=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270993411-2-1200x852.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover\"\/><figcaption class=\"pom-caption\"><span class=\"article__caption\">Van Aert landed his dream victory at Paris-Roubaix.<\/span> (Photo: Anne Christine Poujoulat \u2013 Pool\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Van Aert capped his career with his emotional win in April at the Hell of the North.<\/p>\n<p>After <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/wout-van-aert-finally-buries-the-ghosts-to-win-paris-roubaix\/\" rel=\"noopener\">years of trying,<\/a> the Flandrien favorite finally got his cobblestone prize in a for-the-ages duel with a seemingly unstoppable Slovenian.<\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s only natural that <em>Woutjie<\/em> let loose a little afterward, right?<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old went directly on holiday with his family to Marbella before he went hunting pastries on a <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/cycling\/van-aert-blows-out-of-holland-after-roubaix-victory-with-multi-day-bikepacking-trip\" rel=\"noopener\">bike-packing adventure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Van Aert only swapped celebrating for cycling one month later when he won the Marly Grav gravel race.<\/p>\n<p>Visma-Lease a Bike DS Maarten Wynaants said Van Aert\u2019s return to road racing this week in the most intense stage-race on the calendar came as a necessary shock.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s scheduled to play MVP for Jonas Vingegaard at the Tour de France <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/tour-de-france\/tour-de-france-countdown-what-pogacar-and-rivals-are-doing\/\" rel=\"noopener\">less than four weeks<\/a> from now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWout had to come down from his pink cloud after Roubaix,\u201d Wynants told <em>Het Nieuwsblad<\/em>. \u201cBut he\u2019s got the harsh reality of an altitude training camp behind him now and has already picked up that rhythm again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, he is where he needs to be,\u201d Wynants said Sunday.<\/p>\n<h2>TTT humiliation \u2018not fun\u2019 for Van Aert<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_988834\" class=\"pom-image-wrap photo-alignnone\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-988834\" style=\"color:transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2280098000-1200x800.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover 1x, https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2280098000-1200x800.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover 2x\" src=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2280098000-1200x800.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover\"\/><figcaption class=\"pom-caption\"><span class=\"article__caption\">Van Aert was dropped by teammates less than one-third of the way through the TTT on stage 3 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhones-Alpes.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Van Aert said this weekend ahead of the Dauphin\u00e9 that he was braced for his engine to be slow to restart.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s been away from the bunch for two long months, after all.<\/p>\n<p>And he hardly did himself any favors by falling in what he <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nieuwsblad.be\/sport\/wielrennen\/wout-van-aert-rijdt-eerste-koers-sinds-parijs-roubaix-maar-doet-dat-flink-gehavend-mijn-eigen-fout\/155922567.html\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted was a dumb crash<\/a> while training on the time trial bike last week.<\/p>\n<p>But still, the powerhouse <em>rouleur<\/em> could barely hide his disbelief at how bad he was Tuesday in the stage 3 TTT of the Dauphin\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the first climb, it was immediately too fast for me,\u201d Van Aert told <em><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/sporza.be\/nl\/2026\/06\/09\/-er-is-weinig-te-verbergen-in-een-ploegentijdrit-benen-liepen-snel-vol-bij-wout-van-aert-die-het-niet-leuk-vond~1781017143459\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Sporza<\/a><\/em>. \u201cYou don\u2019t count on this, but we have to stay calm and do the right things. It\u2019s not fun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assumed it was going to be a tough week, but I thought I would be further along than what I showed today,\u201d Van Aert said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day is a snapshot. Today wasn\u2019t a good one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visma-Lease a Bike started the week optimistic for Van Aert\u2019s racing legs.<\/p>\n<p>That tone shifted Tuesday as Heijboer called the big Belgian\u2019s TTT \u201cdisappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The clock is ticking on Van Aert\u2019s Tour de France form.<\/p>\n<p>Vingegaard won\u2019t want to see him dropped after eight minutes of a <em>grand d\u00e9part<\/em> TTT that will take no prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday was a disappointing day for me. We will see how things develop. I don\u2019t intend to give up,\u201d Van Aert vowed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><span hidden=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/van-aert-dropped-partying-too-hard-spring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Aert keeps getting dropped in return to racing at Tour Auvergne-Rhones-Alpes \u2013 but Visma is keeping calm as alarm bells sound ahead of the Tour. 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