{"id":321107,"date":"2025-12-02T19:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/321107\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T19:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:21:07","slug":"%f0%9f%8e%a5-wout-van-aert-takes-us-on-a-journey-over-the-cobbles-of-roubaix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/321107\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfa5 Wout van Aert takes us on a journey over the cobbles of Roubaix"},"content":{"rendered":"

Visma <\/a>| Lease a Bike never stops innovating. Whether it\u2019s nutrition, equipment, or performance technology, the Dutch team is always looking for the next step forward. Now, Wout van Aert<\/a> has been given the chance to test a brand-new piece of tech – this time in the world of videography. And for once, fans got to come along for the ride, quite literally through the Belgian\u2019s eyes.Van Aert went out training close to home, logging around 144 kilometres according to his Strava<\/a> page. The Belgian powered through a four-and-a-half-hour session as he continues building towards his cyclo-cross return on 20 December. But this wasn\u2019t just another training ride: Van Aert took on the route through Belgium (and briefly into the Netherlands) with the help of a new gadget.And it wasn\u2019t just any pair of sunglasses. The Oakley Meta glasses feature a built-in camera, something Van Aert showed off on his Instagram<\/a> feed, where he\u2019s been posting his now-famous weekly round-ups. This one combined weeks 47 and 48, featuring behind-the-scenes shots from a photoshoot with Jonas Vingegaard, Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot, and Simon Yates, posing in their iconic yellow, pink, and red jerseys – along with moments from Visma\u2019s team days.<\/p>\n

Read on below the Instagram post!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The cobbles of Roubaix, through Van Aert\u2019s eyesThe post also included POV training clips filmed directly from Van Aert\u2019s perspective. Suddenly, what looks like a calm autumn ride becomes something else entirely: the Belgian navigates beautiful forest roads, razor-thin wooden bridges, and slick cobblestones. That\u2019s because Van Aert joined Visma\u2019s equipment testing sessions<\/a> in Roubaix last week, where the team trialled new materials for the upcoming season. Thanks to his Oakley Meta glasses, fans got to see it all first-hand.<\/p>\n

So, Van Aert didn\u2019t just take us along for his training – not through a phone screen or GPS data, but through the camera mounted right on his head. The result? Cycling like you\u2019ve never seen it before.<\/p>\n