Belgian super talent Jarno Widar has confirmed part of his schedule for 2026, ahead of his step up to the WorldTour with Lotto Intermarché, with a Grand Tour debut and two Monument appearances on his provisional plan.
After another very impressive campaign on Lotto’s development team in 2025, Widar was named the ‘Promising Rider of the Year’ for a second season running at the Kristallen Fiets end-of-year cycling awards in Belgium, organised by daily newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws.
Although the messy merger between Lotto and Intermarché hasn’t yet been finalised, Widar will certainly be a part of their plan, with the ambitious plan for his first season confirming his standing among the team’s stars.
“Normally, I’ll be riding the Strade Bianche, La Flèche Wallonne, and Liège-Bastogne-Liège in the spring,” Widar told HLN.
“Maybe the Amstel Gold Race too, but that depends on how I finish the Tour of the Basque Country. After that, the Vuelta a España will be my first Grand Tour, and I’ll close the season with the Tour of Lombardy.
“I’m really looking forward to it—we can only dream and do our best. It’s going to be a journey of discovery, isn’t it? I’m very curious about that.”
He’s also impressed in one-day races, winning Liège-Bastogne-Liège U23, Flèche Ardennaise and the European Championships U23 road race this past season. Widar suffered cramps at the World Championships in Rwanda and missed out on a big goal there, with fellow top up-and-coming talent Lorenzo Finn taking victory for Italy.
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