Egan Bernal excites again with his performance in the Vuelta a San Juan

Will it be the same as before? Only time will be able to solve the great unknown that hangs over the Egan Bernal’s future (Zipaquirá, 26 years old), although after a preseason in which he returned to “train normally”, the Colombian once again excites with his performance in the Return to San Juan. In the queen stage, ending in Alto del Colorado, he worked for his partner Filippo Ganna and finished fourth, facing off against great climbers like Miguel Angel Lopez and Sergio Higuita. Despite his withdrawal in the penultimate stage due to discomfort in his left knee that he had suffered from a fall on the first day, there are green shoots.

On Argentine lands, he coincided with his main rival during the first part of Giro 2021, a Remco Evenepoel which has become a source of inspiration for Egan. “He is a runner who inspires a lot of people. The fall he had was really hard and the way he worked and after everything he went through he came back to his best level. He won the World Cup, a great tour and showed what he is, a great champion, despite the pressure he had. It’s not easy being a Belgian promise and being compared to Eddy Merckx. Not only for me, but for anyone, what he did was inspiring.” affirmed the Colombian about the successes of Remco after his terrible accident in the Giro de Lombardy 2020.

Egan Bernal was very friendly and close to the press and fans during the Tour of San Juan.

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Egan Bernal was very friendly and close to the press and fans during the Tour of San Juan.Maximilian WhiteGetty

To walk the same path to glory, Bernal has already taken the first step. And it is that the Ineos runner has had the same sensations of yesteryear during its winter preparation, although he does not compare them with his highest moments in competition: “It is difficult to compare in this part of the season. Those were the best moments of my sports career, so it’s difficult to answer. My feelings are compared to those I had in other years at this same point of the year. I’m doing, more or less, the same workouts. I think I’m doing well, I feel calm and confident because the approach for what comes next year looks very good”.

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What will come is neither more nor less than the Tour de France, race in which Egan started for the last time in 2020 (he abandoned in the 17th stage), once he had overcome a recovery process in which the Colombian considered whether “it was worth continuing to ride a bicycle and take risks”, until realizing again that he was “born to be a cyclist”. “I am looking forward to going back there, where I made myself known. I have very good memories and it is a race that I quite like. I’m on the list but I have to show that I’m ready to go on a Tour. You can’t be just to be. My ambitions will depend on how I feel. We will all realize how I am, as the races go by”, explained the Colombian, aware that, whatever happens, The most important race of his life has already been won. Cycling needs its best version back, but for now, there are reasons to dream.

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