Wout van Aert already back at altitude with pre-Suisse gravel training

Wout van Aert at last year's Tour de France
Wout van Aert at last year's Tour de France (Image credit: ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT AFP via Getty Images)

Wout van Aert is not slowing down in his preparations for the Tour de France. Just a few days after a long training camp up in the Sierra Nevada, the Belgian has travelled to Switzerland for another round at altitude. 

After impressing at the Critérium du Dauphiné in recent years, Van Aert will switch to the Tour de Suisse this year as his pre-Tour race outing, the eight-stage race taking place the week after the Dauphiné and starting on June 11.

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Patrick Fletcher

Patrick is an NCTJ-trained journalist, and former deputy editor of Cyclingnews, who has seven years’ experience covering professional cycling. He has a modern languages degree from Durham University and has been able to put it to some use in what is a multi-lingual sport, with a particular focus on French and Spanish-speaking riders. Away from cycling, Patrick spends most of his time playing or watching other forms of sport - football, tennis, trail running, darts, to name a few, but he draws the line at rugby.