Ineos Grenadiers join race to sign Wout van Aert in 2022, according to reports

The Belgian will ride for Jumbo-Visma in 2021, and the Dutch team are hopeful they will extend their rider's contract within weeks

Wout van Aert (David Stockman/Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images)

(Image credit: BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)
By Jonny Long
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Ineos Grenadiers have joined the race to sign Wout van Aert, and the Belgian rider is still in talks with the British team despite Jumbo-Visma being hopeful they can get their rider to sign a new deal within the next couple of weeks.

This is according to Dutch website Wielerflits, who report that Ineos first made contact with Van Aert's management at the 2020 Tour de France, where the 26-year-old won two stages and showed his super domestique abilities coming off the back of victories at Strade Bianche and Milan - San Remo.

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Jonny Long

Hi. I'm Cycling Weekly's Weekend Editor. I like writing offbeat features and eating too much bread when working out on the road at bike races.


Before joining Cycling Weekly I worked at The Tab and I've also written for Vice, Time Out, and worked freelance for The Telegraph (I know, but I needed the money at the time so let me live).


I also worked for ITV Cycling between 2011-2018 on their Tour de France and Vuelta a España coverage. Sometimes I'd be helping the producers make the programme and other times I'd be getting the lunches. Just in case you were wondering - Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen had the same ham sandwich every day, it was great.

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