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

[KZD]

This year's Vuelta is shaping up to be amazing with Pogačar, Roglic, Bernal, Evenepoel and Alaphilippe all possibly there.

 

[Bonimenier]

I'm reading that medically he could make his comeback in 4 weeks already

TDF 22 is his.

 

[Red Rick]

I'm reading that medically he could make his comeback in 4 weeks already

TDF 22 is his.

Oh god there go my sarcastic predictions becoming true again

 

[hfer07]

Let's say everything goes well & smooth with Egan's comeback. Maybe no Tour, but ....... Dauphine? Suisse?

 

[Escarabajo]

Even if he is training properly he must reinforce the muscles around his body. Because he would be weak and in danger of crashing again. So I's say that not only is his stamina that is an issue but the strength of his body. IMHO.

 

[AlfaLum]

Let's say everything goes well & smooth with Egan's comeback. Maybe no Tour, but ....... Dauphine? Suisse?

Austria, Burgos some Italian one day races would probably be a good return.

 

[Cookster15]

Even if he is training properly he must reinforce the muscles around his body. Because he would be weak and in danger of crashing again. So I's say that not only is his stamina that is an issue but the strength of his body. IMHO.

Assuming his recovery is being closely monitored by the relevant experts, I would be surprised if Egan's musculoskeletal strength would not be recovered before his stamina and aerobic fitness.

 

[Extinction]

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

VDP did not reportedly crash into a parked bus at 60 kph. I find it shocking, to say the least, that he is even pedaling again, let alone training to return to World Tour competition. Evidently there are two states of multiple broken bones and a punctured lung between mere mortals and elite cyclists on Ineos. Naturally I am happy he is well, but the whole affair is a mystery.

 

[jmdirt]

GO EB!

 

[jmdirt]

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

Obviously yes.

 

[Lequack]

Egan Bernal reappears in Ineos practices with Richard Carapaz

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

I can’t wait for this young man to get on the road, certainly when that day comes this/next year is a monumental day for cyclists in the future if they suffer the same injuries, that there’s hope they can come back, because Egan did it.

 

[Escarabajo]

I'll have a my heart rate spike if I see him on a TT bike again!!!

 

[danielovichdk2]

Fastest comeback i can rememeber given a seven surgery stretch and 20 broken bones. I would not be one bit surprised if he goes on and wins something big.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1534564545896796160

View: https://twitter.com/Eganbernal/status/1534564545896796160

 

[Sciatic]

Nice to see. I hope he doesn’t rush, but it would be great for cycling for him to get back close to his old level in 2023.

 

[Lequack]

Egan Bernal can climb at the same rate as this year’s Tour de France best, says Ellingworth

Egan Bernal can climb at the same rate as this year’s Tour de France best, says Ellingworth

'We’ve got a couple of guys who can climb similar speeds. I think that Egan can climb at that rate,' says deputy team principal.

www.velonews.com

 

[Extinction]

Egan Bernal can climb at the same rate as this year’s Tour de France best, says Ellingworth

Egan Bernal can climb at the same rate as this year’s Tour de France best, says Ellingworth

'We’ve got a couple of guys who can climb similar speeds. I think that Egan can climb at that rate,' says deputy team principal.

www.velonews.com

Let's see it on the road.

 

[KZD]

Egan Bernal can climb at the same rate as this year’s Tour de France best, says Ellingworth

Egan Bernal can climb at the same rate as this year’s Tour de France best, says Ellingworth

'We’ve got a couple of guys who can climb similar speeds. I think that Egan can climb at that rate,' says deputy team principal.

www.velonews.com

Fresh perhaps after a gruelling Tour no way.

 

[Lorzenz08]

I'm very curious on how a top form Bernal would have fared in this year Tour de France.
And hopefully next year everyone (Roglic, Poggie, Vingo, Bernal) will be healthy and avoid fall so that we can have epic battles.

 

[ppanther92]

I'm very curious on how a top form Bernal would have fared in this year Tour de France.
And hopefully next year everyone (Roglic, Poggie, Vingo, Bernal) will be healthy and avoid fall so that we can have epic battles.

Although I would think Roglic and Bernal would closer be where Thomas is than where Pogi is, yes, indeed, hoping for the same.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I'm very curious on how a top form Bernal would have fared in this year Tour de France.
And hopefully next year everyone (Roglic, Poggie, Vingo, Bernal) will be healthy and avoid fall so that we can have epic battles.

A top Bernal would finish 10 minutes behind Vingegaard. Stop with the nonsense, Bernal is not remotely close to the level of Vingegaard and Pogi

 

[Bolder]

I'm very curious on how a top form Bernal would have fared in this year Tour de France.
And hopefully next year everyone (Roglic, Poggie, Vingo, Bernal) will be healthy and avoid fall so that we can have epic battles.

Hard to say. We've actually not seen Bernal at his highest level except for a brief time in the 2019 tour on the landslide stage. He hurt his back in 2020, won the Giro in less than dominant fashion despite that crazy stage 16 win, then this year is a write off.

In my mind he's as good as Vingegaard going uphill but with a worse TT. But I don't have much evidence to support that. He's very strong in one day races when healthy, too.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Going by instagram, he's practising riding off road on his road bike........Once an off road rider, always an off road rider...

 

[BigCoward]

A top Bernal would finish 10 minutes behind Vingegaard. Stop with the nonsense, Bernal is not remotely close to the level of Vingegaard and Pogi

Bernal had won a tour and a Giro before anybody had even heard of Vingegaard. He is also young and still improving. He's certainly better than Thomas who is 36 and didn't finish 10 minutes behind. Your hyperbole re JV is silly.