Jumbo-Visma's Wout Van Aert will start this weekend's final two stages of the Tour de France as the only rider capable of winning both. While Sunday's final stage on the Champs-Elysées is set as the goal, the 26-year-old told Belgian media that he will look at his physical condition on Saturday morning and decide whether he will also give his all to win the individual time trial at La Planche des Belles Fils.

Van Aert has already won two stages in this year's Tour (stage 5 to Prevas and stage 7 to Lavol, both in group sprints) and the 36km time trial from Relais to the top of La Planche des Belles Fils on Saturday, stage 20, gives the Belgian a chance to win a stage that might have seemed out of his control before this year's race.

However, Van Aert has exceeded the expectations of many on the climbs of this Tour, and will lead the pace at the front of the "train" of the Jumbo-Visma team, which serves team leader and overall leader Primoz Roglic, on Thursday's final stage in the Alps, La Roche-sur-Follon, he finished third.

"We haven't decided yet about the time trial. According to Het Nieuwsblad, "I haven't decided about the time trial yet. But we do have people who are willing to slow down when we need them."

Van Aert's decision will depend on whether his coach thinks that giving 100% on Saturday's stage will be detrimental to his chances of starting as one of the favorites to win again at the World Championship road race in Imola, Italy, on Sunday, September 27. He explained that it would likely be.

"Our work is almost done," he continued. Jumbo team leader Roglic needs a 57-second lead over his Slovenian compatriot Tadej Pogachar (UAE Team Emirates) in Saturday's time trial to almost secure his Tour de France title this year. Tomorrow it will be up to Roglic."

Van Aert also revealed that no matter how hard he pushes himself in the time trial, he will switch from his TT bike to his road bike for the final climb on Saturday.

"It's a personal choice and everyone will do what works for them, but if I can stand on the pedals I can climb faster and for me it's easier on the road bike than the time trial bike.

"I'm not going to ride at 95 percent tomorrow. 'Either I'm going to ride 100 percent or I'm going to make sure I get there within the time limit. It's all or nothing."

However, according to Het Nieuwsblad, Mathieu Heyboer, Jumbo Visma's performance director, told Algemeen Dagblad's talk show "In het Wiel (In the Wheels)" on Friday evening that Van Aat is committed to Saturday's time He said he would do everything in his power to win the trials.

"Wout plans to do his best in the time trial," Highbore said. 'These are decisions that we make together. He likes this race and we like it.

"It will be hard for him to win. He's going to have to open up a gap on the top climbers in the first 30 kilometers on the flat. Now Wout is of course a real climber, but still there is a gap to Primos Roglic, who is a pure climber."

"If Wout wants to win the time trial, perhaps at the foot of La Planche des Belle Filles, he needs to gain about 40 seconds on Roglic," Haiboer concluded.