Van Aert after winning UCI Gravel World Series race: 'I'll definitely be taking part more often'

After a break of about a month following his Paris-Roubaix victory, Wout van Aert was back to racing on rough roads on Sunday, this time at the Marly Grav Race in the Netherlands. According to a Visma-Lease a Bike press release, the Belgian star "headed to the south of Limburg without any specific expectations," but that didn't mean he wasn't there to compete. Indeed, he soloed away from a select lead group with 22 km to go and held on to win the UCI Gravel World Series event. "It’s great to be able to compete in such a fair race and put my off-road skills to good use," Van Aert said. "I’ll definitely be taking part more often."