There has been a lot of talk of Wout van Aert riding for the GC at the Giro d’Italia this year, but I suspect that it is just a rumour stemming from the assumption that if teammate Sepp Kuss can win the Vuelta then surely the Belgian swashbuckler can make it four out of four for – checks notes – Visma-Lease a Bike.
There has already been something of a retreat here with Van Aert himself stressing that his
