A little over a week after leaving the Tour de France to attend the birth of his second son, Wout van Aert began his countdown to the World Road Championships in Glasgow by lining out in a criterium in his native Herentals on Thursday evening.
As is so often in the case in such events, the local star won the day, with Van Aert pipping Tour green jersey Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) in the sprint.
