Olympics-Van Aert arrives in Tokyo day after riding to Champs Elysees victory

[ASFN Admin]

The 26-year-old will be chasing gold in both the men's road race and individual time trial but his first priority was recovery, he told Belgian television reporters on arrival. Van Aert was the winner on the Champs Elysees on Sunday after earlier sending out a strong message about his prowess for the Olympic time trial gold when he won Saturday's 20th stage, a 30.8-km individual time trial from Libourne to Saint-Emillion. Thereafter followed a dash to Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport to fly to Japan, along with team mate Greg Van Avermaet, who was the road race gold medallist in Rio de Janeiro five years ago.

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