Van Aert: I'm happy and proud to finish second at Paris-Roubaix

Paris Roubaix 2022 - 119th Edition - Compiegne - Roubaix 257.2 km - 17/04/2022 - Wout Van Aert (BEL - Team Jumbo - Visma) - photo Luca Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2022
Wout van Aert (Jumbo - Visma) duels with Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) over one of the final cobbled sectors of Paris-Roubaix (Image credit: Luca Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency)

Sunday's Paris-Roubaix was a comeback race like no other for Wout van Aert, the Belgian finishing his day in second place just two weeks after missing the Tour of Flanders with a COVID-19 infection.

Van Aert's own Jumbo-Visma team had tempered expectations ahead of the race, saying that he would act in a support role for his teammates, including Christophe Laporte and Mike Teunissen during the Hell of North.

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