Wout van Aert

Wout van Aert
Van Aert at the 2022 Paris–Roubaix
Personal information
Full nameWout van Aert
Born (1994-09-15) 15 September 1994
Herentals, Belgium
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current teamVisma–Lease a Bike
Disciplines
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Sprinter
  • All-rounder (road)
Rouleur
Time trialist
Classics specialist
Amateur team
2018–2019Cibel–Cebon Offroad Team
Professional teams
2013Telenet–Fidea
2014–2016Vastgoedservice–Golden Palace
2017–2018Vérandas Willems–Crelan
2019–Team Jumbo–Visma
Major wins
Cyclo-cross
World Championships (2016, 2017, 2018)
National Championships
(2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
World Cup (2015–16, 2016–17, 2020–21)
17 individual wins (2014–152018–19, 2020–212024–25)
Trophy (2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17)
Superprestige (2015–16)
Road

Grand Tours

Tour de France
Points classification (2022)
10 individual stages
(20192022, 2025)
1 TTT stage (2019)
Combativity award (2022)
Giro d’Italia
1 individual stage (2025)
Vuelta a España
3 individual stages (2024)

Stage races

Tour of Britain (2021, 2023)
Danmark Rundt (2018)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships
(2019, 2020, 2023)
National Road Race Championships (2021)
Milan–San Remo (2020)
E3 Saxo Bank Classic (2022, 2023)
Strade Bianche (2020)
Gent–Wevelgem (2021)
Amstel Gold Race (2021)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2022)
Bretagne Classic (2022)
Coppa Bernocchi (2023)
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (2024)
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships
2014 Hoogerheide Under-23
2016 Heusden-Zolder Elite
2017 Bieles Elite
2018 Valkenburg Elite
2012 Koksijde Junior
2015 Tabor Elite
2019 Bogense Elite
2021 Ostend Elite
2023 Hoogerheide Elite
2025 Liévin Elite
2013 Louisville Under-23
European Championships
2014 Lorsch Under-23
2015 Huijbergen Elite
2018 Rosmalen Elite
2016 Pontchâteau Elite
Men's road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Road race
2024 Paris Time trial
World Championships
2020 Imola Road race
2020 Imola Time trial
2021 Flanders Time trial
2023 Glasgow Road race
European Championships
2023 Drenthe Road race
2018 Glasgow Road race
2023 Drenthe Time trial

Wout van Aert (born 15 September 1994) is a Belgian professional road and cyclo-cross racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. Van Aert won three consecutive men's races at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018.

Having initially prioritised competing in cyclo-cross, Van Aert terminated his contract with Vérandas Willems–Crelan in 2018 and joined Team Jumbo–Visma in March 2019, on a three-year deal. Van Aert has since taken more than fifty professional road wins, including ten stage victories at the Tour de France between 2019 and 2025 (also winning the points classification in 2022), and won Milan–San Remo – one of the five Cycling monuments – in 2020.

Following the 2022 Tour de France, where Van Aert won three stages, several media outlets labeled him as "one of the most complete cyclists of his generation". His rivalry with Mathieu van der Poel in cyclo-cross is considered among the greatest and longest lasting rivalries in the sport.