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Wout Van Aert is a Belgian professional rider who participates in the UCI World Team Jumbo-Visma. Wout Van Aert is known for winning the elite men’s event at the UCI Cyclocross World Championships three times in a row.
Early life
Wout Van Aert was born on September 15, 1994 in Herentals, Belgium. This does it 29 years hereinafter. While Wout was born under the zodiac sign Virgo.
He belongs to Belgian nationality and is of Dutch ethnicity. Wout is the son of Henk van Aert (father) and Ivonne (mother).
Likewise, he was born into a family that does not participate in bicycle racing, but one of his father’s cousins, Jos Van Aert, is a former Dutch professional cyclist.
Additionally, there is no information about Wout’s educational background.
Wout Van Aert – Net worth 2024
Additionally, he won the fifth stage of the Tour de France from Gap to Privas on September 2, 2020.
As of 2022, his net worth is estimated to be around 10 million US dollars, which he earned from his profession as a broker.
Thanks to the fame and fortune he has earned throughout his career.
Awards
Van Aert won two stages and the green jersey became national time trial champion and won the bronze medal in the road race at the national championships in June 2019.
Likewise, Aert won the first rescheduled race of the 2020 UCI World Tour to be held after the COVID-19 pandemic, the Strade Bianche 2020 in August 2020.
Career and professional life
Wout Van Aert began his career in cyclocross where he became World Champion (2016, 2017, 2018) and Belgian Champion (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022).
Aert rode the 2018 Strade Bianche, contested partially on dirt roads in torrential rain, and separated from Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale). During the road races in 2018, he participated with the Verandas Willems-Crelan team.
He expressed his discontent with the news that the team will merge with Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij for 2019.
In September 2018 he terminated his contract with Verandas Willems-Crelan. Then in December 2018, Aert confirmed the transfer and joined the Sniper Cycling team on March 1, 2019.
Similarly, on July 15 he won stage 10 from Saint-Flour t Albi, in a sprint finish ahead of Elia Viviani and Caleb Ewan.
Caption: Wout Van Aert during one of his games (Source: Instagram)
After that, Van rode the Tirreno-Adriatico with general aspirations and won the first stage with several sprints. There he placed third in Milan-San Remo behind Caleb Ewan and Jasper Stuyven.
On March 6, the 2021 road season began on the Strade Bianche and came fourth. Likewise, he ran the Tirreno-Adriatico with general aspirations and won the first stage with several sprints.
He raced to victory in Gent-Wevelgem after gaining selection during the early stages of the race.
More details
On April 18, Wout won the Amstel Gold Race after an exciting sprint that was decided by a photo finish. On July 7 he won stage 11 of the 2021 Tour de France by attacking the final climb of Mount Ventoux.
Similarly, on July 17, 2021, he won stage 20, which was a 30.8 km individual time trial, and won stage 21 again on July 18, 2021.
And he was the first rider to win a mountain stage, a time trial and a collective sprint in the same Tour since Bernard Hinault in 1979.
Additionally, he started the 2022 road season with a victory at the Omloop Het Nieuwblad after a 13km solo attack.
civil status
Van Aert married Sarah De Bie on June 29, 2018. The couple has been dating since 2012 and got engaged on July 12, 2017.
Likewise, they welcomed their first child, Georges, on January 4, 2021. Apart from that, she had no other relationships before.
Caption: Wout Van Aert with his wife, Sarh De Bi (Source: Instagram)
Body measurements
The Belgian runner has an athletic body. Wout Van Aert stands at a height of 6 feet 3 inches or 1.90 meters and weighs around 78 kg or 172 pounds. This man has black hair and dark brown eyes.
Caption: Wout Van Aert posing for a photo (Source: Instagram)
Wout Van Aert – Social Networks
On his Instagram page, he has more than 640,000 followers. Likewise, he has more than 214k followers on his Twitter account. Additionally, he has more than 142,000 followers on his Facebook account.
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