Wout van Aert Parents: Meet Henk van Aert And Ivonne Boeckx

Wout van Aert is a Belgian professional road and cyclo-cross racer who currently plies his trade with the UCI WorldTeam Team Jumbo–Visma. He won the men’s elite race at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Van Aert joined Team Jumbo–Visma in March 2019, on a three-year deal after terminating his contract with Vérandas Willems–Crelan in 2018.

Van Aert began his career in cyclo-cross where he became World champion (2016, 2017, 2018) and Belgian champion (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022).

Van Aert rode the 2018 Strade Bianche, held partly on gravel roads in torrential rain.

However, he broke away with Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) and the pair lead the race for much of the final 40 kilometres (25 miles) before Tiesj Benoot (Lotto–Soudal) attacked from a chasing group to catch and then drop them in the final sector of dirt roads.

Benoot soloed to victory by 39 seconds ahead of Bardet, who dropped van Aert in the final kilometre; van Aert ultimately completed the podium a further 19 seconds in arrears, despite having to remount his bicycle after falling on the final climb in Siena.

Van Aert was born in Herentals, Flanders to parents Henk van Aert and Ivonne Boeckx.

Meet Henk van Aert And Ivonne Boeckx

Van Aert has not revealed much about his parents.

What’s striking is that none of Van Aert’s parents were involved in cycling racing.

It was his one of his father’s cousins Jos van Aert who is a professional cyclist and is likely responsible for training Van Aert.