Is he unbeatable? | Top 6 Wout van Aert moments at the Tour de France 2022

Wout van Aert was one of the standout riders in the 2022 Tour de France, so we compiled his top six moments for you!
Which was your favourite Wout van Aert moment from the Tour de France?
1️⃣ A solo victory against the odds
2️⃣ THAT sprint to Lausanne
3️⃣ His extraordinary effort on Hautacam
4️⃣ TT domination
5️⃣ Quick reactions in the convoy
6️⃣ Celebrating with the team on the Champs-Élysées
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[@carloswagnercal6644]

He is the strongest cyclist today... Simply amazing!!!

[@cyclingboss469]

Stage 18 is probably the most surprising and strongest moment of the 2022 TdF for WvA. Overall easily the strongest this year of any rider.

[@donadams5094]

I’ve been playing, coaching, and watching sports for 50 years. I rank Wout’s performance at TDF with the best I have seen in any sport. Impossible to compare directly to Messi or Steph Curry or those in any other sport, but for sheer dominance and the sense that the sport itself is being changed as you watch, this was up there. And this reel doesn’t even include his epic pull on stage 5 to essentially save Jonas. Only rider in the world who could pull Pogacar back by more than a minute in 30k. Without that, the whole race is different.

[@gokaygs]

It was an epic performance for all 3 weeks, the stage he dropped back to tow Roglic into the GC contention again was impressive too. He literally did more work than every other rider in TdF then came to stage 20 TT and smashed Ganna and Kung's times and a few days before that he had dropped Pogacar on the climb???? That is a level of endurance and versatility I had not seen before.

[@ImRezqoo]

Please don’t mention Steph Curry if you don’t know Basketball. Its Jordan or Lebron, Steph is not even top 10

[@charlsjourney4480]

@@ImRezqoo oh..steph haters..cmon the top10 discusion is done..watch it now,,accept it man..move on hahaha..

[@ImRezqoo]

@@charlsjourney4480 Other than shoot 3’s and off-ball movement. What is Steph elite at ??? Literally nothing. Also a defensive liability🤷‍♂️

[@charlsjourney4480]

@@ImRezqoo thats why he change the nba ..obcourse 3s is d best than 2s gets? accept it bro..he proves it and it already done..🤣🤣

[@brianmessemer2973]

Arguably the most remarkable moment here is 0:43 - that is some superhuman reaction time, body awareness and bike handling. Obviously the CX reflexes taking over there. Many tour pros are NOT making it out of that situation unharmed and their tour would probably be over. Wout’s mistake was he shouldn’t have been in that position behind the car in the first place - but his incredible agility was effectively a get out of jail free card. Amazing.

[@chiz161190]

For me top Wout's moment was when he got emotional at the end of stage 20.

[@vktr7766]

Whout and Sepp was the Two main factors in vingegaards tour win Ofcorse primoz and all the other boys did a fantastic job

[@renatogianmarco]

Wout Van Hulk 🔝💪💪👍👏👏👏

[@greywolf1606]

No doubt the best cyclist of the world. I am proud to be a Kempenaar.

[@c3ell]

humiliated the rest of the best pros in the world during the fastest Tour in history. How did he do it? Amazing !!

[@FlecheDeFer]

You answered to your own question...

[@Kambeishimada98]

You missed the bit when he just rode Quinn Simmons off his wheel.

[@malinwa4ever315]

Lol Epic

[@VeraHannaford]

Wow Van Aert!

[@dawnc5797]

Everyone keeps commenting that he's beatable because he was beaten many times on this tour. What you should be looking at is how many times he won in different areas. He won and kept the yellow jersey for two or three days. After that he won the green jersey and kept it the rest of the tour and was never in any danger of losing it. He would have had the white jersey if he was young enough. He flat out torched Pogacar, ran the wheels off of Quinn Simmons, won several stages and caused all manner of mayhem throughout, all the while helping get Vingegaard the yellow jersey. Overall he accomplished more than anyone else on the tour. The only thing he didn't do is win the tour but that wasn't his objective or his job. It would have been interesting to see if a healthy MvdP or Remco Evenepoel would have challenged him more. I've been watching the highlights of 2019 TdF, WvA first Tour and he was showing his abilities against more experienced riders.

[@antidelusionalpeeps]

Exactly, he could win the tour but that's just not his job. So it makes no sense to compare Van Aert to TDF winners.

[@cyclepath55555]

As well as the best bike handler...

[@ikkio3981]

incredible human!

[@elbigei]

chiamatelo “il TRATTORE” ! speriamo resti alla Jumbo

[@fozzybear8001]

the only rider in the world with the possibility of winning any given grand tour stage

[@toforgetisagem8797]

Question is Wout Van Aert the best rider? Yes.

[@Shantiante]

No, Vingegaard is. He won the race - Wout couldn't do that.

[@toforgetisagem8797]

@@Shantiante It's not about winning the race. It's about fortitude, courage and bravery. We all know who won. In this case it not just about winning. Though Wout is a definatly a winner. He is a time trialist. There are races within the race Here is why Wourt is the best. He is a fantastic sprinter. He won three stages and seconded in four. He won six tour staged beating Eddy Merkes, the legend of the tour who got 5. That makes Wout good rider. He acted as a superb domestique. Just in case you don't know, the domestique does all the donkey work. They fetch and carry food and so on. They also ride strategically to protect their team leader, from harm and aggression from other teams. They pace set also. Wout's ride out front, a hard position, in hills was sublime Sprinters traditionally do not domestique to such an extent and they rarely if ever ride out front in hills. There are specialist climbing domestiques for this. Wout hauled his team star up the hills faster than most mountain domestiques can. By doing this he smashed to opposition. Wout win the green jersey. He is also outside the tour noted for exceptional time trialling and sprinting. The Tour de France is a strange race. The winner usually wins because they are exceptional but there are other greater riders pushing them on in the team. The winner is often protected and cushioned for the win by guys like Wout.

[@decascador]

@@toforgetisagem8797 I think you are confused a bit. Eddy Merckx won the TdF 5 times, but won 34 Tour stages. Wout van Aert now has won 9 Tour stages (many more to come). But no, he didn't 'beat Merckx'.

[@toforgetisagem8797]

@@decascador Ok, Thanks for your imput. I got the info from Rouleur. I quote "his subsequent solo victory came off the back of three second places in the first three days of the race ....he'd won the last two stages of 2021Tour as well giving him a record of 1-1-2-2-2-1 in his last 6 Tour stages. Even Eddy Merke never managed 6 top 2 finishes in a row. His best was 5. His best 5 were separated between 1974 - 1975. So I think you could well be right about confusion. The Tour is a tricky. Either way, Merck was amazing bearing in mind he had none of the modern equipment. Van Arte is at present a presence in cycling.

[@NeoFoxGaming]

@@toforgetisagem8797 don't compare WVA with Merckx please. Thank you.

[@MrGuanche1985]

Just watch Remco Evenepoel in the coming years, Riding Simon Yates off your wheel while still sitting down, you have to be beastly strong to do that.

[@gewoonfrank478]

We didn't have to wait years to see remco perform, only 4wks 😉

[@hibou4828]

I doubt that it is humanly possible to do such a performance in the Tour de France without cheating

[@osmarsantiagohernandezalvi4814]

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[@paulsolon6229]

Splendid rider Let’s hope wva mvp roglic pogacar vingegaard are all clean, no doping

[@SusobhonMorrisonHouseMusic69]

Tbh no one is clean

[@johnandrews3568]

Hahahahaha good one.

[@envagyok4138]

He is in Beast mode💪✅. /now I go for a ryde/💯

[@jakedk11able]

I’m new to cycling and watched the Tour de France 22 and it was unreal, but I don’t understand. Wouldn’t vingegaard be better? Van Aert didn’t even place in general rankings? Could someone explain to me. Cheers 👍

[@thomson765]

Vingegaard won partly due to how insanely strong Van Aert was this tour

[@OtterDude]

Van Aert is pretty much the reason vingegard won. He creates all of the space and tempo for vingegard to break through. Van Aert isn’t as good of a climber as vingegard so he’ll never really win the full tour. His job is to sprint hard and tire competition and then let vingegard breakaway up the mountains. Basically van aert is the perfect teammate

[@jakedk11able]

@@OtterDude ahhh I see, cheers for that

[@Shantiante]

what a load of bullsheite - Vingegaard won, because he was the best. Wout is a fantastic rider but the level of arrogance to suggest Vingegaard couldnt have done it without him is just not true. WvA helped an enormeous amount, no doubt, but Vingegaard did it himself.

[@jackvandenheuvel4580]

wout is not the best climber in the world, vingegaard is, but wout is the most complete rider in the world, he wins time trials, sprints, classics while also finishing in the top 5 in mountain stages if he wants to, he weighs 78 kg, vingegaard weighs 20 kg less, it’s like the world champion deadlifter of 180 lbs can deadlift 4 times bodyweight, and the world champion deadlifter of 320lbs can deadlift 3,85 times bodyweight, that would be over 1200 lb, makes zero sense to be that good

[@ndmath]

Beautiful to watch back.

[@nothingmoves]

Wout van Aert is Lance Armstrong without drugs. (Until proven otherwise)

[@christellelemaire9749]

Coucou Christophe Laporte 🧡💚

[@Jeppeo1]

Is he unbeatable? No. He was beat several times during this tdf.

[@Wikato]

Wout van MARS

[@_clemens_]

When he would win the tour (will be very difficult), we could even call him "Eddy van Mars"

[@Wikato]

@@_clemens_ he would eat eddy as a starter dish

[@_clemens_]

@@Wikato Eddy won 5 time the tour, in 1969 he won yellow, polka and green jersey, apart from so many other races...so I don't agree. And you really cannot compare them easily.

[@Wikato]

@@_clemens_ you’re right with your stats, but we have other times now.

[@fasteddy4987]

nu op die moment toch niet meer

[@luizpedroso6153]

Very Nice

[@edwardojg]

A work of aert woutstanding wout of this world lol

[@Shantiante]

An absolute beast of a rider - he can do almost anything. But he actually doesn't win as much as people think he does. He has a plethora of secondary placings and only a few actual wins. He only has one monument to his name, for instance. He will get more in his career of course. In short - to answer the question if he is unbeatable? No he is not - in fact, he loses a lot more than he wins.

[@DaiBei]

The statistics show that in his career he was more first than second.

[@l.c.a.d.l.2831]

Si es el más completo , el número uno

[@marcel.welsch]

If hes the best, why didnt he win tdf?

[@zigzagnemesist5074]

That’s not how it works

[@Shantiante]

@@zigzagnemesist5074 yes it is

[@HahnValentin]

Forgot about the Roubaix Stage

[@malinwa4ever315]

Wout Van Merckx

[@roelruiter6072]

Wat een beest

[@Sa-nd8kl]

Wout👌👌👌👌👌👌😄😄😄😄

[@R4rd]

You have to either be very ignorant or have a very dark sense of humour to ask if Wout van Aert is unbeatable. I can't think of any rider with more 2nd places to his name... Cycling simply isn't a sport where the best rider automatically wins. If you are the favourite, the other riders will take advantage and work together against you. That's the beauty of this sport.

[@stevenlasat4106]

Michael Mathews :)

[@zigzagnemesist5074]

Yeah but those second places were against specialist sprinters, the fact that he even competes with them when he’s not a specialist sprinter himself just shows how good he is. Where were all those sprinters who beat Van Aert on the Time trial and the mountain stages? Get some logic please.

[@R4rd]

@@zigzagnemesist5074 Hey, no need to be agressive mate, i completely agree: WvA does things no one else can. It's not so much his ability to TT, to sprint or to climb that makes him extraordinary, it's his ability to combine these disciplines. However, that means he is also always beatable. So i commented on the phrase 'unbeatable' rather than on the qualities of Wout.

[@antidelusionalpeeps]

That's just called using provoking and enticing titles to get more clicks. Obviously no rider is unbeatable.

[@jesperstiansen5751]

When van der poel is in peak form, he is better then van aert

[@jonasvermijl7100]

Lol? Wout can do everything vdp can't..i'm sorry

[@seppedelatte8375]

​@@jonasvermijl7100 but can he win 3 monuments

[@maximusprometheus6149]

The gear worked good for the entire team of Jumbo. Broke records, even shattered past tour de France's when nearly every rider was doped to the gills.

[@jimmoi3030]

Lance Amstrong Jr....

[@Q_82]

Wieso sollte er der beste sein? Nur weil er das erste mal die TDF gewonnen hat? Natürlich ist das eine Hammer Leistung und ich finde ihn klasse. Aber es ist doch noch viel zu früh um ihn als den besten Fahrer anzusehen. Zumal, Pocagar auch noch da ist.

[@koko-lores]

Genau, Tour gewonnen... 🤦🤦‍♀🤦‍♂

[@fritsgerms3565]

beatable at what? Mvdp, Pidcock, Ghana, Alaphilippe, Pogacar and a host of others have beaten him, repeatedly. but he does everything exceptionally. and on his on days, there are only a handful that can come even close.

[@johnandrews3568]

Jumbo certainly has their pharmacology dialled in this year.

[@gkos2566]

Troll

[@johnandrews3568]

@@gkos2566 not at all. Just a realist.

[@_clemens_]

@@johnandrews3568 Any proof? At least any indiciations what he would take for substances which you can't be caught for? Because it just too easy to say that imho. In the time of Armstrong, you could know that EPO and other metodologies were a thing. Anno 2022, I see still some gaps rergarding own blood doping in small scale (but probably not worth the hassle of the logistics and risks of being caught, see operation Aderlass). Probably training a bit more at height has the same effect. Next to that I don't know if there are any steroids or hormones (mainly meant for preparation, not in race) where the labs have diffucilties with finding them...but as far as I know the labs also don't disclose what they search for...so the teams/ridiers/doctors also don't know that (and each lab has it's own search methods, so having insiders in 1 lab is not enough)

[@johnandrews3568]

@@_clemens_ LMAO

[@Shantiante]

@@johnandrews3568 no no, not a realist - a bell end

[@williambrazil3760]

Meh, no Ronde or Roubaix yet

[@lookinside1352]

No Peter Sagan is the best.

[@dextermorgan7439]

Maybe years ago , now? Not so much

[@bbm6993]

Most dope rider in the world

[@Shantiante]

most unneccesary comment in the world

[@borasar9126]

He is very good, but MVDP is better :)

[@amaudrughiultras9711]

🤣

[@jarvidlemmens]

Where was he then?

[@borasar9126]

@@jarvidlemmens he raced in italy and was tired

[@jarvidlemmens]

And did he do anything like wva in thé giro ?

[@_clemens_]

My opinion: They are very close in 1 day races, MVDP might be even slightly more a winner in those if he is in shape...but overall WVA is the more complete driver, with his better climbing and TT skills. But both are amazing.

[@FlecheDeFer]

This guy is a joke. Look for "Van Aert Electric Bike" on KZbin, while waiting for a futur "How to Take Drugs with Wout" serie. Nobody who knows about cycling believes this. Trust me, I was talking to pros recently, after the TDF ended (I've kept contacts in the field), they all know he is not clean, I mean, how could they not?

[@pomonoli]

Bullshit! It's almost impossible nowadays to cheat. But I guess we'll see in 20 years

[@FlecheDeFer]

@@pomonoli Again, pros are less naive than that, and they also told me about the noise his bike makes, a small fuzzz, the same than Poggi actually... But you are right: we will have to wait, what they take today being either undetectable or hidden behind a masking agent that is (or that is not prohibited, which would be worse because then they would cheat legally, which is sadly probably the case).

[@harrismazari5484]

I recently talked to the entire peloton and they said they don't know any idiot called ironarrow on youtube.

[@11-inch]

Doped up to the fucking gills