Wout Van Aert’s mother on abusive fans: ‘Then he loses patience sometimes’

As one of the best riders in the world, Wout van Aert can count on many fans, both at home and abroad. Unlike Evenepoel or Van der Poel, for example, Van Aert still lives in Belgium.

In Flanders, some fans are a bit opportunistic. “We have repeatedly experienced discomfort even when eating dinner in a restaurant with family or friends,” says his mother, Yvonne Bouckx. The newspaper.

“Then Foot sometimes dares to lose his patience.” Several people also immediately called Van Aert at his son George’s first school party. The school administration immediately intervened.

Van Art lives near the campsite.

Van Aert is often harassed at his home in Herentals. Van Aert lives not far from a campsite where many youth groups settle in the summer. Although Van Aert is currently in France to take part in the tour.

“Sometimes groups of scouts or sheroes come to call as part of an exchange,” his mother says. “It’s all compassionate, but it’s an attack on your private life.”