Wout van Aert has commented on the shock departure of Grischa Niermann from Visma-Lease a Bike, which was announced earlier this week, saying that while he too was surprised, he doesn't think it will be a major blow.
Niermann was in the car behind Van Aert during his Paris-Roubaix victory just a few months ago, but as he returns to road racing for the first time since then at the renamed Critérium du Dauphiné – now the Tour-Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes – that may have been his last race with the head of racing.
