Cycling - Belgian Van Aert powers to Strade Bianche victory


  • Cycling
  • Sunday, 02 Aug 2020

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Tour de France - The 217.5-km Stage 10 from Saint-Flour to Albi - July 15, 2019 - Team Jumbo-Visma rider Wout Van Aert of Belgium wins the stage. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

(Reuters) - Team Jumbo-Visma's Wout van Aert stormed to victory at the Strade Bianche one-day race on Saturday, as elite cycling returned after a five-month break due to the COVID-19 crisis.

The Belgian rider, who finished third in the previous two editions of the 184 kilometre race, launched his decisive solo attack with 13km remaining on the final sector of gravel road.

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