Wout van Aert is continuing to be coy about his possible return to cyclo-cross this season, saying that his calendar is not yet decided but that he is "already getting the itch" to race in the mud.

As Thomas Franken put it in Het Nieuwsblad on Friday, speculating on the possible CX programmes of Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel is practically a Belgian pastime at this point, and the tradition is continuing as ever.