The early bird catches the worm as they say, and when it comes to the Tour of Flanders Wout van Aert is taking no chances – he has already been seen out and about scouting next year's race. His Strava account shows he put in a 167km (102-mile) stint on Wednesday with other members of the Jumbo-Visma team including fellow Classics hopefuls Christophe Laporte, Tiesj Benoot and new team member Matteo Jorgensen, still wearing his Movistar kit from this season.
Van Aert, it appears, went the extra mile, clocking an extra 25 or so kilometres more than his team-mates as they explored famous bergs including the Oude Kwaremont, the Paterberg and the Koppenberg.
