Wout Van Aert described being besieged by a flurry of messages concerned for his welfare after his training buddy Jan Bakelants recounted a near-death experience the Jumbo-Visma rider had at the hands of a rogue cement mixer.
After being aggressively cut-up while out on a training ride in the Netherlands, the Belgian star had no choice but to drive the rider next to him off the road, "otherwise, he might have gone to heaven", says Bakelants.
