What were you doing at 19? Matthew Brennan stins success on a bicycle for his first season in the elite of the bicycle. The Briton has already raised his arms six times since the start of the exercise. The one who was still playing in the Reserve team of La Visma-Lease A Bike in 2024 allowed his team to reconnect with the success in Romandie, six years after his last bouquet, won at the time by a certain Primoz Roglic.
Two years ago, the young man won two world titles among the juniors on the track. Last season, on the hope circuit, he celebrated success on two minor races in Croatia and won a stage of the Giro Next Gen. And that’s it. In 2025, at the highest level, English swam directly in the heavyweight category. In Friborg, Brennan even left the (rare) competition with three bikes. A crazy progression.
Inevitably, in front of the press, the young man was cooked to know how far he could go. “I give headache to my coaches,” he explained, with a little smirk. For the moment, I am working on my good sprinter capacities. But I can climb, too! You have to find a good balance and I trust my coaches for that. ” It even seems that those around him have to brake him and save him a little, just to grill him at the start of his career.
The media spoke to him about Mark Cavendish, British winner on this same boulevard de Pérolles fifteen years ago – with two fingers of honor to the English by passing the line, which remained in legend. “It is one of the most decorated cyclists in the history of our sport, it is necessarily inspiring,” he replied. Other journalists compared it to Wout Van Aert. “I can’t compare myself to anyone. I have my goals, my hopes and my strengths. But if my characteristics look like him, it tells me a nice future, “he said.
On Wednesday, he clearly showed that he was the strongest of the rare sprinters present on this Tour de Romandie. And since it passes the bumps, the stages of Thursday and Friday enter its register. “We have a bewildered team here,” said the British. We can weigh on the race and win again once or twice, who knows? ”
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