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

[Samamba]

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Please win Avenir. Would be awesome winning at 19 years old, had this ever been done? Monster talent.

Nope, it hasn't. The best performence of a first year came from Robert Power in 2014. He came 2nd.

 

[jens_attacks]

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Confirmed as leader for l'Avenir per FCC. Which means he's scheduling will look like this:
06/07 - 10/07: Sibiu Tour
27/07 - 07/08: Volta a Portugal
20/08 - 27/08: Tour de l'Avenir

The most insane triple in cycling
Can he do it?

 

[trevim]

Re: Re:

Confirmed as leader for l'Avenir per FCC. Which means he's scheduling will look like this:
06/07 - 10/07: Sibiu Tour
27/07 - 07/08: Volta a Portugal
20/08 - 27/08: Tour de l'Avenir

The most insane triple in cycling
Can he do it?

Nah I'm afraid he'll be dropped like a stone by the portuguese August motorbikes

 

[Ricco']

Is he confirmed in Sibiu?

This link confirms only Pellizotti, Gavazzi, Taliani and Tvetcov for Android.

Since Bernal won in Romania in the last weeks, he should deserve a mention on local press if certain to ride.

http://www.tribuna.ro/stiri/actualitate/turul-sibiului-2016-il-piccolo-giro-117632.html

 

[DNP-Old]

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Is he confirmed in Sibiu?

This link confirms only Pellizotti, Gavazzi, Taliani and Tvetcov for Android.

Since Bernal won in Romania in the last weeks, he should deserve a mention on local press if certain to ride.

http://www.tribuna.ro/stiri/actualitate/turul-sibiului-2016-il-piccolo-giro-117632.html

http://www.ciclism.sibiu.ro/ro/echipele2.html

 

[Valv.Piti]

1997. GG

 

[Ruudz0r]

So Sibiu is coming up and jugding from the startlist I think Bernal is the favourite for the GC + the queenstage. The queenstage is very long though (231 km) so that might be a bit of a disadvantage for Bernal.

Still crazy to think that a first year U23 is going into a pro race as a(/the) favourite (especially as it is his first real year on the road).

 

[jens_attacks]

tvetcov wants it bad so i think he's the main favourite. the MTT suits him well. of course the high altitude should perfectly suit egan too
hopefully i will be there to witness the clash

 

[Samamba]

Not gonna be easy but he can catch his first pro win there.

 

[jens_attacks]

he won tour of bihor overall! hello!

 

[Samamba]

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he won tour of bihor overall! hello!

That's a 2.2 race, so doesn't count as a "pro win".

 

[Samamba]

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Sibiu_Cycling_Tour_2016_Stage_2

What happened? He lost 21' today.

The time gaps are pretty crazy.

 

[DNP-Old]

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http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Sibiu_Cycling_Tour_2016_Stage_2

What happened? He lost 21' today.

The time gaps are pretty crazy.

A random breakaway had a lead of 15 minutes or so with 20k(?) to go. My first guess is he didn't bother too much.

 

[search]

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Confirmed as leader for l'Avenir per FCC. Which means he's scheduling will look like this:
06/07 - 10/07: Sibiu Tour
27/07 - 07/08: Volta a Portugal
20/08 - 27/08: Tour de l'Avenir

I had a quick chat with him in Sibiu, he didn't mention Portugal, he will go back to Colombia before l'Avenir

 

[Ruudz0r]

So after today we can surely say his WT debut is a succes! Finishing 13th on a big MTF at his age and with so little experience is pretty insane! Vamos Egan!

 

[AlexNYC]

Well, today is the first time I actually saw him in a race (on TV), and I jumped out of my chair when I realized it was him attacking on the final climb

 

[del1962]

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Well, today is the first time I actually saw him in a race (on TV), and I jumped out of my chair when I realized it was him attacking on the final climb

You missed Sundays race

 

[DNP-Old]

He was great today, formidable performance. Here is a kid who just turned 20 two months ago, finishing 13th in his first ever World Tour race, just one minute behind the best climber in the world. Unfortunate this his attempt to an attack got shut down immediately by Yates.

With the Giro out of question, Bernal's main goal this year will be the l'Avenir. I expect him to make some noice Coppi e Bartali and Trentino along the way, too.

 

[del1962]

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He was great today, formidable performance. Here is a kid who just turned 20 two months ago, finishing 13th in his first ever World Tour race, just one minute behind the best climber in the world. Unfortunate this his attempt to an attack got shut down immediately by Yates.

With the Giro out of question, Bernal's main goal this year will be the l'Avenir. I expect him to make some noice Coppi e Bartali and Trentino along the way, too.

He might do the tour of the Alps instead of Trentino

 

[DNP-Old]

Re: Re:

He was great today, formidable performance. Here is a kid who just turned 20 two months ago, finishing 13th in his first ever World Tour race, just one minute behind the best climber in the world. Unfortunate this his attempt to an attack got shut down immediately by Yates.

With the Giro out of question, Bernal's main goal this year will be the l'Avenir. I expect him to make some noice Coppi e Bartali and Trentino along the way, too.

He might do the tour of the Alps instead of Trentino

I refuse to call it Tour of the Alps.

 

[May0maniac]

Re: Re:

He was great today, formidable performance. Here is a kid who just turned 20 two months ago, finishing 13th in his first ever World Tour race, just one minute behind the best climber in the world. Unfortunate this his attempt to an attack got shut down immediately by Yates.

With the Giro out of question, Bernal's main goal this year will be the l'Avenir. I expect him to make some noice Coppi e Bartali and Trentino along the way, too.

He might do the tour of the Alps instead of Trentino

I refuse to call it Tour of the Alps.

This, Giro dell' Euregio or Euregio Giro is fine, but the new name is just a desaster, even from a marketing perspective.
Back to Bernal, he was impessive, one hell of a climber.

 

[Escarabajo]

Great performance today for Bernal!

Happy for him.

 

[DNP-Old]

- 11th in the stage
- 15th in the overall classification
- 1st white jersey classification

Another phenomenal ride. Jungels is only 16 seconds back for the white jersey, so he's got that in the bag, but a top 20 ranking is amongst the possibilities. Great World Tour debut!

 

[Ruudz0r]

If it wasnt for the TTT Bernal would now be at 10th overall in the GC (ahead of Scarponi, Caruso, Moreno, Pozzovivo and Castroviejo), ofc the TTT is also part of cycling but it just shows how good his individual performance is!

Really hope he is doing Coppi e Bartali next and gets his first pro win there.

 

[the asian]

Hope he doesn't shed bucket loads of time in the ITT.

I thought he was tall but is listed as only 174 CM. Is that right?