Last week, Wout van Aert provided an update on his injuries after a crash at the Vuelta a España. The Visma | Lease a Bike rider disclosed that additional damage to his knee had been discovered, but that he expected to return to normal. That rehabilitation project was slowly but steadily launched, and that recovery plan was gradually but steadily put into action this week.
These are small steps in the right direction for Van Aert, who couldn’t return to competition for the rest of the season due to the severe crash and thus also had to skip the world championships in Switzerland. Van Aert’s walk – one of “only” 2.74 kilometers in the Trento region – was cleverly called Baby Steps on his Strava account.
Van Aert throws crutches in the trash
It all happened during a well-deserved vacation for the family, which Van Aert’s wife, Sarah De Bie, shared some beautiful photos of on her Instagram account. “After rain comes sunshine,” it says, obviously referring to Van Aert’s grueling period after his crash. In the Italian sun, his smile returned, as evidenced also by a beautiful photo of the couple. Moreover, a video shows that the crutches are no longer needed and are thrown in the trash.
