Development Jarno Widar wins the best young rider award at the Kristallen Fiets

The biggest highlight of Jarno Widar’s 2024 season were his two fantastic stage wins at the Giro Next Gen and taking home the Maglia Rosa with that. Widar wrote cycling history as the first Belgian ever to win the Giro U23. The 18-year-old rider also racked up the overall win at the Alpes Isère Tour and the Giro Valle d'Aosta. To do that all in one season now delivered him the best Belgian young rider award at the prestigious Kristallen Fiets.

“It’s great to receive this trophy, after a beautiful season. The highlight for me was definitely the Giro Next Gen, taking two stage wins and on top of that the GC win was just fantastic. It was the perfect scenario where all the puzzle pieces came together. But next to that, I had a lot of other beautiful wins with the team, nice moments I’ll cherish forever. The beginning of the season maybe didn’t go exactly as planned, as I was sick a lot, but in May it all started to work out. I’m looking forward to next season, to developing further”, a delighted Widar said.

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