Van Aert: We raced how we wanted to at Gent-Wevelgem

Gent Wevelgem 2022 - 84th Edition - Ypres - Wevelgem 248,8 km - 27/03/2022 - Kemmel - Wout Van Aert (BEL - Team Jumbo - Visma) - photo Luca Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2022
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) on the attack on the Kemmelberg (Image credit: Luca Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2022)

After his Jumbo-Visma teammate Christophe Laporte narrowly missed out on the win in Gent-Wevelgem to the history-making Biniam Girmay ((Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux), Wout Van Aert said that the race had gone to plan until those final 250 metres.

The Belgian, who was aggressive at various points during the 249km race, including an attack on the final ascent of the Kemmelberg, said that Jumbo-Visma raced to their plan of getting a rider up the road in the final.

Dani Ostanek
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