Teams & Riders The official Egan Bernal is the new Egan Bernal thread

[Red Rick]

This is staggering.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510325609125318661

Scrap that.

Might get 2nd at the Tour.

 

[glassmoon]

how... just how? also... wow!

 

[johnymax]

Like we said multiple times, professional cyclist are not normal humans.

 

[jmdirt]

I'm happy for him!

 

[SafeBet]

Like we said multiple times, professional cyclist are not normal humans.

This x1000. So happy for Egan!

 

[danielovichdk2]

There is something strange with how fast he is back on the bike. It makes very little sense to me.

But when i look for actual facts around his injury i get mixed results. Some say collapsed lung and many broken ribs, others say broken femur and others say muscle trauma and broken kneecap.

Can anyone confirm, either by team-statement, hospital-statement or Bernal himself what injuries he actually suffered.

I am not trying to play it down, I am just too amazed that he is back on the bike.

 

[Red Rick]

There is something strange with how fast he is back on the bike. It makes very little sense to me.

But when i look for actual facts around his injury i get mixed results. Some say collapsed lung and many broken ribs, others say broken femur and others say muscle trauma and broken kneecap.

Can anyone confirm, either by team-statement, hospital-statement or Bernal himself what injuries he actually suffered.

I am not trying to play it down, I am just too amazed that he is back on the bike.

With the whole media circus around it I'm kinda sceptical it was as bad as they made it out to be

 

[danielovichdk2]

With the whole media circus around it I'm kinda sceptical it was as bad as they made it out to be

Yes that is also my take away. It will be very interesting to see what kind of Bernal we are going to see when he comes back to race.

 

[ice&fire]

There's the rumour Froome is trying to get an appointment with Bernal's medical team.

 

[Nacho23]

Theres little margin for conspiracies, since the medical team was transparent with the release of the information. Xrays revealing multiple fractures were made public.

 

[SHAD0W93]

View: https://youtu.be/ranHToT6bJo

 

[Escarabajo]

He is already climbing double digits climbs:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTInunewv-8

 

[Rackham]

Cyrille Guimard aka the famous French directeur sportif of the Renault cycling team in the 1980's & former rider himself in the 1970's (multiple stage wins in the Tour) expressed doubts about the severity of Bernal's injuries in his recent column in cyclismactu.net: Chronique - Guimard : «Netflix sur le Tour de France ? J'aurais dit non» (cyclismactu.net)

Egan Bernal fait des progrès fulgurants depuis quelques semaines, on se demande comment il fait pour être déjà sur son vélo...

Alors ça, je ne comprends pas. Est-ce qu'il y a eu une sur-communication sur les blessures ? Je ne sais pas... Il faut tellement se méfier de ce qui est dit. Après, il avait deux milliards de fractures et un mois après, il faisait du vélo. Si vous prenez Evenepoel, qui n'avait qu'une seule fracture, au bout d'un mois, il commençait seulement à poser le pied par terre. Pareil pour Froome, qui n'a jamais réussi à remettre en route. Je me pose des questions, mais le plus important, c'est qu'il retrouve ses qualités d'avant l'accident. Quelle est la vérité par rapport à ce qu'on a entendu. Quelle était la vraie nature des blessures ? C'est de la communication, il ne faut pas se leurrer.

So no one here needs to feel bad about having similar thoughts. You're not alone.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I guess we have our Vuelta winner.

 

[Escarabajo]

This is a win-win situation for Egan and for us fans. If it wasn't really that bad that is good news. The X rays and all proper information are out there to see. Any Doctor is free to make any conclusion.

 

[Cagalitroso]

Those pesky latinos and their immoral ways, having a crash, pretending it was very bad..just to recover later. UCI must intervene fast, otherwise cycling as we know it and love it will be dead. You dont want to get to the point Africans and Asians decide they want part of the pie too.

 

[Escarabajo]

Those pesky latinos and their immoral ways, having a crash, pretending it was very bad..just to recover later. UCI must intervene fast, otherwise cycling as we know it and love it will be dead. You dont want to get to the point Africans and Asians decide they want part of the pie too.

They did the same with Froome so I am not sure if your comments apply here.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I guess we have our Vuelta winner.

Aren't the Slovenians supposed to go?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Aren't the Slovenians supposed to go?

No clue, probably depends a lot on whats happening in July. The comment was tongue in cheek, but if hes already doing this now, just imagine in a few months when he probably can train properly. He will be strong, thats for sure.

 

[tobydawq]

No clue, probably depends a lot on whats happening in July. The comment was tongue in cheek, but if hes already doing this now, just imagine in a few months when he probably can train properly. He will be strong, thats for sure.

They both have plans to be there. Roglic to equalise the record for most wins.

 

[Extinction]

No clue, probably depends a lot on whats happening in July. The comment was tongue in cheek, but if hes already doing this now, just imagine in a few months when he probably can train properly. He will be strong, thats for sure.

He won't have the necessary racing in his legs, unless the whole thing was a farce.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Really? Did VDP have the necessary racing in his legs to podium his first race of the season in a monument?

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

He won't have the necessary racing in his legs, unless the whole thing was a farce.

May I interest you in the Van Der Poel path?

 

[hfer07]

Happy for Egan on his outstanding recovery.
At this pace, can we speculate confidently about him returning to proper racing late this year..? Vuelta in the works?

 

[Escarabajo]

Training in Europe this week. Maybe we will get some videos.