Wout van Aert's intense preparation for the upcoming and newly-named Tour Auvergne-Rhône Alpes continued at the weekend with a monster 181km gravel ride with his Visma-Lease a Bike team-mates.
Christened 'That was a proper immunity booster' by the Belgian Paris-Roubaix champion, the six-hour ride also involved Matteo Jorgensen, Eduardo Affiini and Bruno Armirail, and took place in Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains.