Jumbo-Visma's Wout Van Aert told Belgian media that he has ambitions to win the green points jersey at the Tour de France one day, but that next year is not the time, as he will head to the Tokyo Olympics after the Tour next summer with medal-winning ambitions in mind He said it might be.

"One day I want to go all out for the green jersey, but after the Tour (next year) there is also the Olympics," Van Aert told Extra Time Koers, a sports program on Belgian TV station VRT, on Wednesday night, according to Het Nieuwsblad. According to Het Nieuwsblad, he told the Belgian TV station VRT's sports program "Extra Time Koers" on Wednesday evening.

Van Aert was given enough freedom to win two stages in this year's Tour, thus finishing fifth in overall points. However, the rest of the race went to supporting GC contender Primos Rogerci of Jumbo-Visma, while Van Aert did the domestic work on the climbs in the Alps and Pyrenees.

Van Aert followed up the Tour with a 2nd place in the World Championship time trial, 8th in Ghent-Wevelgem, and 2nd in the Tour de Flanders, while Rogerci defended his Vuelta a España title with a win in Liege-Bastogne-Liege.

The week after the Tour, however, the two represented their respective countries (Belgium and Slovenia) as rivals at the World Road Race Championships in Imola, Italy. The Belgian media reacted somewhat glowingly to the fact that Roglic did not return the favor to Van Aert in his pursuit of eventual winner Julien Alaphilippe (France), leaving the Belgian to settle for the silver medal, as he did in the time trial.

The potential rift (which neither Van Aert nor Roglic said existed) was long forgotten, and Van Aert was able to praise his teammate's victory in Liège and his current performance in the Vuelta, where Roglic returned to his second stage win and second place overall on Wednesday. He praised.

"It's really great that he's still going strong," Van Aert said. I didn't expect that. After missing out on the overall win in the Tour, two weeks later he proved he is a true champion by winning Liège-Bastogne-Liège."