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Follow us on GoogleWhat a surprise! It wasn’t Tom Pidcock, Ben Healy, or World Champion Brandon McNulty who won Tre Valli Varesine, but Jarno Widar. The Belgian rider from Lotto-Intermarché beat the top favourite Pidcock, and Matteo Jorgenson in a sprint, claiming his first professional victory. It was truly wonderful to see his joy.
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Pidcock led the trio up the road, lost in sprint finish
It was Pidcock who led the breakaway, accelerating sharply about twelve kilometers from the finish. Only Widar and Jorgenson were able to keep up with the pace, after which Visma | Lease a Bike used effective blocking to ensure the trio stayed ahead. Most people saw Pidcock as the favourite, but Widar surprised him with a long sprint.
That burst of power showed that Widar is a rider to watch in future classics. "I knew I had to start my sprint from the back," he said afterward in the flash interview. “If I start from far back and I have a gap, my 20-second power is pretty good. So I knew I had to come from far back.”
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It was already well known that Widar had a strong sprint in his legs. Last year, for example, he won two stages in the Tour de l'Avenir, each time thanks to a spectacular attack in the final kilometre that allowed him to beat Paul Seixas.
And in the fourth stage of this year’s Vuelta a España, he finished second behind Tadej Pogačar, beating out Oscar Onley and Felix Gall.
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Widar beats Pidcock, gets first pro victory
Today was the 20-year-old Belgian's first ever pro victory. He had never finished higher than second, but the win at Tre Valli Varesine is a major achievement right off the bat.
Partly because of the big names he beat: Pidcock was in top form and finished seventh at the World Championships in Montreal and second in the Giro dell’Emilia.
Keeping up with the top favourite wasn’t easy either. “He was f*cking strong today,” Widar sighed afterward. “He made his move with about twelve kilometers to go, and I really had to dig deep.
The teamwork was pretty good, even though Jorgenson didn’t ride at full speed from the start. But everyone has their own strategy. After that, we rode well together. In the end, it just came down to who had the best sprint.”
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Clarice has been following cycling her whole life, wroting about Thibaut Pinot (among others) for her university magazine while earning her masters in Journalism. She is passionate about furthering equality in sports coverage, and has taken huge inspiration from pillars of women’s cycling like Beryl Burton, Marianne Vos, and Laura Kenny.
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