Considering the circumstances, I am pretty good,” Van Aert said when asked about his current condition. “That crash was one with serious impact, and I was in the hospital for a while. Last week was not easy, during which I couldn’t move my knee and had to lie in the chair a lot. After a few days, I became more mobile and could walk again. I had a deep wound in my knee.”
“That had to be stitched, and the knee is inconvenient. To let that heal properly, I was not allowed to start my leg for a long time. Furthermore, during additional examinations in Belgium, we found that there was also severe damage to the knee joint. A dent, as it were, on the side. That explained all the pain I had and why it was so difficult to support. But fortunately, it’s an injury that will hold me back once I get on the bike again.”
“Unfortunately, I have no concrete plans yet when I will be back on the bike,” the Belgian continued. “First, I want to pick up normal life, and then I can think about cycling again. There is no time pressure because the season is already over for me. I’m already thinking about next year, but it’s too early to discuss it practically. The future will tell when I can return to competition, but if I remember one thing from the Vuelta, I was completely back and had found my legs again. This injury shouldn’t stop me from returning at full strength.”
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