Race Ramblings: Wout van Aert Embraces the Suck in Dominant World Cup Dendermonde Win

Everyone knew World Cup Dendermonde was going to be brutal, but Wout van Aert entered the field with confidence and excitement.

“Embrace the suck.”

After watching Rebecca Fahringer’s kind-of one lap course preview of the new World Cup Dendermonde course, everyone knew Sunday’s race was going to be a slog. When a deluge of biblical proportions was forecast for race day, everyone knew Sunday’s race was going to be a slog. And when the lights turned green on Sunday in the random Fla…