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Visma-Lease a Bike launched its workforce schedule for 2024 on Thursday, with Wout van Aert lacking the Tour de France for the primary time in 5 years however racing each the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a Espana for the primary time.
In that handful of Excursions, the Belgian received eight levels and the 2022 inexperienced factors jersey, whereas ending within the GC top-20 twice.
Earlier within the month, van Aert won his first cyclocross race of the season on his first attempt, whipping the sector on the Actual Cross spherical in Essen. After three extra cyclocross races however no World Championships, the V-LAB rider will debut on the street February 2 within the Spanish UCI 1.1-rated Clásica Jaén Paraiso. Strade Bianche, the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Amstel Gold Race and the Giro are alongside Wout’s path to the Paris Olympic Video games Highway Race on August 8. V-LAB means to take a couple of Grand Tour once more this yr, as Jonas Vingegaard, champion Sepp Kuss and Brit Ben Tullett will be a part of van Aert on the Vuelta beginning August 17.
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At van Aert’s first Giro, he’ll race alongside new teammate and compatriot Cian Uijtdebroeks. Tour and Vuelta-bound Sepp Kuss is not going to race all three Grand Excursions like final yr, skipping the Giro, the place he completed 14th serving to Primoz Roglic to his first pink jersey and fourth Grand Tour triumph.
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