After being ruled out of racing the Tour de France with an elbow injury, Wout van Aert is deep into preparations for his revised goals of the Vuelta a España and Road World Championships.
The Belgian underwent surgery on the infected elbow, injured in a pre-Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes crash, in mid-June and was soon back on his bike.
This month, he has decamped to Italy to ramp up preparations for his late-season goals. After spending two weeks training in the Dolomites, he’s now shifted to Livigno, close to the Swiss border.
Recent training rides have seen him pack in the climbs, and on Wednesday he tackled one of cycling’s most iconic mountains, the Passo Stelvio, although he wasn’t riding up the famed 48 hairpin turns.
Instead, the multi-disciplinary master headed off the beaten path for a marathon six-hour ride on the gravel tracks on the western side of the summit.
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