Belgian rider Wout van Aert is ruled out of the Tour de France next month after suffering an elbow injury, multiple outlets report. Van Aert’s team, Visma–Lease a Bike, says he will not participate in the race, confirming the absence as a blow for the team’s plans.
BBC Sport and ABC Australia report that the problem is linked to an elbow injury, with Channel NewsAsia describing it as an infected elbow. Yahoo Sports adds further detail, saying van Aert suffered a fall in training earlier in the month and then developed an infection after starting the Tour Auvergne–Rhône-Alpes. It says these issues prevent him from racing the Tour de France.
Other coverage, including outlets outside Australia and the UK, repeats that van Aert is set to miss the Tour due to the elbow condition. The reports do not indicate a replacement or give a recovery timeline, focusing instead on his withdrawal from the event.
