National coach Serge Pauwels was on the edge of his seat in front of the TV, and after the stage, he sent Van Aert another open invitation to the World Championships in Rwanda. The Belgian pulled away from yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar on Montmartre,

The event gave us showpiece finishes at Mur-de-Bretagne, Hautacam and Mont Ventoux, and plenty of action throughout a thoughtful, clever route — albeit one that turned out to be so challenging everyone was exhausted by the finish,

The final stage of the Tour de France ended at 7:20 p.m. local time and Wout van Aert 's flight to Tokyo was due to depart at 11:30 p.m. on Sunday night. He had hoped to spend a couple of quiet ...

It wasn't just in the Low Countries that people watched Wout van Aert's stage victory in Paris with open mouths; far beyond the Benelux, people spoke full of admiration about the Belgian from Visma | Lease a Bike.