Johan Bruyneel was in front of his television this Friday to follow the Espoirs Hommes online race World Championships…and he clearly didn’t like the way his Belgian compatriot ran Jarno Wider ! Seventh in an event won by the German Niklas Behrens in front of the Slovak Martin Svrcek and the Belgian Alec Segaertthe winner this season of the Tour of Italy Hopesof Aosta Valley Tour – Mont Blanc and the Round of the Isard was clearly one of the strongest in the race, but he was trapped in the final and was unable to win a medal for his first participation in a World in the U23 category.
Video – Niklas Behren’s champion du monde U23, Jarno Widar 7th
Johan Bruyneel pas tendre towards Jarno Widar!
According to the former rider and team boss, it is tactically that Jarno Wider failed, and he used social networks to express his thoughts about the race carried out by the young 18-year-old runner. “Does this Jarno Widar think that other riders don’t know how to ride a bike or something? I have rarely seen such a strong but stupid guy… man, man, man…”wrote the former general manager of Lance Armstrong on X. Certainly, Jarno Wider was not impeccable on the tactical level, which cost him a better result, but the words of Johan Bruyneel seem far too harsh towards a runner who is only 18 years old and therefore still has lots of things to learn…
