List Of Three Events Followed By Bernard Van Aert Before The 2024 Olympics

Indonesian bicycle racing athlete Bernard Benyamin van Aert (photo: DOC. NOC INDONESIA)

JAKARTA Cycling athlete Bernard Benyamin van Aert will appear in three events before competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the middle of this year.

The three events started with the National Championship for cycling in Batam number ITT and Road Race first. The rider then flew to Europe to conduct a training camp starting June 27 and will take part in two more events there.

"It takes maintenance performance, speed and power for Bernard, because he is currently entering the competition phase. Bernard will take part in the competition outside the numbers he participated in at the Olympics," said Dadang Poernomo, coach Bernard.

Two events that Bernard will participate in during his training camp in Italy and Spain. In Italy he will participate in a track competition titled Fiorenzuola International Track Women & Track from June 29 to July 4, 2024.

He then continued his flight to Alicante, Spain, to hold a one-month training camp there. At Alicante, Bernard will take part in the Turneo InterClubs Vega Baja road race trial on July 7, July 13, and July 28.

Bernard said that he was very motivated to train to get the best results from the men's Omnium number in Paris later. Moreover, this is the first Olympics in his career.

"I am the only representative in Southeast Asia and of course I also hope for the best to give medals," said Bernard.

Bernard will step down in the men's Omnium track number discipline at a time in Paris. Bernard will compete with 21 other riders who will appear for the same number.

Bernard is Indonesia's first cycling athlete to appear in the Olympics after 20 years of the sport being absent from this event. The last time Indonesian cycling athlete to qualify was Santia Tri Kusuma who took part in the women's point race at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

The 2024 Paris Olympics will take place from July 26 to August 11. Bernard will later appear at the Venue Velodrome de Saint-Quentin Paris, August 8.