The Stroop test and the Neurotracker: how Wout van Aert wants to prevent falls in 2025 with 'cognitive training'

At the end of the extraordinary 2023 season, Visma – Lease a Bike was the best team in the world. Winning the three Grand Tours seemed like an impossible mission, but the Dutch team had the qualities to prove that......

Wout van Aert and Visma-Lease a Bike want to fall less in the coming cycling year and are therefore focusing on ‘cognitive tests’. In practice: in addition to the lungs and calves, the rider and team will also train the ‘prefrontal cortex’. “That controls everything: balance, reaction time and concentration.”