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[DNP-Old]

Egan’s little brother is now picking up the bike as well. Be afraid, be very afraid.

 

[lmrt]

bernal no longer on dauphine startlist and is in colombia. Does that mean he will definitely start le Tour?

 

[Valv.Piti]

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bernal no longer on dauphine startlist and is in colombia. Does that mean he will definitely start le Tour?

Well chances are now that he will be at the Tour in my opinion, yes. Thats disappointing, but at the same time I can't say that I am not intrigued. With the losses of Nieve and Landa, it gets a bit more understandable, but still.. He will probably lose a bunch of time in the first week, at least thats what I hope, since they not only have Froome, but also Thomas and Poels who probably will try to stay up there.

Its a scary team if he gets selected.

 

[PremierAndrew]

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bernal no longer on dauphine startlist and is in colombia. Does that mean he will definitely start le Tour?

Well chances are now that he will be at the Tour in my opinion, yes. Thats disappointing, but at the same time I can't say that I am not intrigued. With the losses of Nieve and Landa, it gets a bit more understandable, but still.. He will probably lose a bunch of time in the first week, at least thats what I hope, since they not only have Froome, but also Thomas and Poels who probably will try to stay up there.

Its a scary team if he gets selected.

I don't think Poels will try to stay up there, and theres no point of Bernal intentionally losing time. I think the white jersey will be in the back of Sky's minds

 

[DNP-Old]

Rumor has it he’ll be riding Suiza instead.

 

[Escarabajo]

He should not ride anything before the Tour. just like Quintana did on his first.

 

[DNP-Old]

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He should not ride anything before the Tour. just like Quintana did on his first.

He should not ride the Tour period.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

Dauphine vs Suisse - in both cases rivals would be quite strong.
But Bernal at Dauphine might be a sign he is preparing to TdF.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Dauphine vs Suisse - in both cases rivals would be quite strong.
But Bernal at Dauphine might be a sign he is preparing to TdF.

The rivals are considerably stronger in Tour de Suisse, but Thomas is doing the Duaphine, so its understandable.

 

[carton]

He should definitely not ride Suisse if he's going to the Tour. L'Occitanne, sure, that's always nice enough.

 

[DNP-Old]

It's happening, for ***'s sake.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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It's happening, for ****'s sake.

So no Bernal in Dauphine and Suisse? Tour inc.

 

[DNP-Old]

The training designs Sky give him are completely normal for a 21 y/o, according to Egan. I beg to differ. 6h50m, 193k and 4736 vertical altitude meters is his latest Strava file, along with 32 race days in June and an incoming TDF participation.

 

[Escarabajo]

His latest interview. He is excited to go to the Tour but he says that he is still not sure.

http://www.revistamundociclistico.com/ruta/25576-seria-muy-bonito-poder-correr-el-tour-de-francia-egan-bernal.html

 

[Valv.Piti]

Marginal gains, training, Sky knows best. At this point its a proven fact - they are better than anyone else in this aspect. Apparently..

 

[Lequack]

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Marginal gains, training, Sky knows best. At this point its a proven fact - they are better than anyone else in this aspect. Apparently..

It's just the oval chainrings.

 

[pastronef]

Xabier Artetxe, Team Sky's coach: "Egan Bernal wil try the pavé soon, we have to recon the cobbled stage and try different bikes..."

https://www.twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1006965119421698050

going to the Tour

 

[AlexNYC]

Am I wrong in thinking he should be good on the Pavé given his mountain biking background?

 

[MatParker117]

Xabier Artetxe, Team Sky's coach: "Egan Bernal wil try the pavé soon, we have to recon the cobbled stage and try different bikes..."

https://www.twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1006965119421698050

going to the Tour

If he can get through the first week he will win at least white.

 

[Parker]

Xabier Artetxe, Team Sky's coach: "Egan Bernal wil try the pavé soon, we have to recon the cobbled stage and try different bikes..."

https://www.twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1006965119421698050

going to the Tour

If he can get through the first week he will win at least white.

I'm still not buying that they're taking him.

He's never done a Grand Tour, he's only 21, he hasn't raced since California, he's never ridden cobbles, he's never ridden with Froome, he's not training now with the core mountain group, he's never done a TTT with Sky. This just doesn't seem like Sky's way of doing things.

 

[carton]

So I was looking for sourcing on that and it turns out that Egan Bernal's girlfriend has a personal youtube channel running for him and it's really, well, sweet. And also very transparent. I noticed stopped posting his heart rate data on Strava after Gibraltar but the power numbers are still there -for the meantime, I'm reckon Sky will put an end to that at some point. They even got a team Sky coach to elaborate on his training regime live on camera. That has to be a first. On the flip side, baby-face does get listed among the guys he trains with.

Whatever else Egan, his family and even his coach, come off as good humble, genuinely nice people. I hope they keep this up. It seems very un-Sky like, for sure, but it might just go to show that Sky is either relaxing the reigns a bit or they're really keen on keeping him around.

But yeah, I do think he's gearing up for the Tour. There's a reason they sent a coach down to Colombia, and I'm guessing it wasn't just to say hi.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Xabier Artetxe, Team Sky's coach: "Egan Bernal wil try the pavé soon, we have to recon the cobbled stage and try different bikes..."

https://www.twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1006965119421698050

going to the Tour

If he can get through the first week he will win at least white.

I'm still not buying that they're taking him.

He's never done a Grand Tour, he's only 21, he hasn't raced since California, he's never ridden cobbles, he's never ridden with Froome, he's not training now with the core mountain group, he's never done a TTT with Sky. This just doesn't seem like Sky's way of doing things.

Then not selecting him for any races makes absolute no sense, and how about the cobbles?

Egan is riding, its probably 99%.

 

[DNP-Old]

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So I was looking for sourcing on that and it turns out that Egan Bernal's girlfriend has a personal youtube channel running for him and it's really, well, sweet. And also very transparent. I noticed stopped posting his heart rate data on Strava after Gibraltar but the power numbers are still there -for the meantime, I'm reckon Sky will put an end to that at some point. They even got a team Sky coach to elaborate on his training regime live on camera. That has to be a first. On the flip side, baby-face does get listed among the guys he trains with.

Whatever else Egan, his family and even his coach, come off as good humble, genuinely nice people. I hope they keep this up. It seems very un-Sky like, for sure, but it might just go to show that Sky is either relaxing the reigns a bit or they're really keen on keeping him around.

But yeah, I do think he's gearing up for the Tour. There's a reason they sent a coach down to Colombia, and I'm guessing it wasn't just to say hi.

Listed? Sevilla and Egan train together almost on the daily. Marca even did an interview with Sevilla purely about Egan lmao.

 

[brownbobby]

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So I was looking for sourcing on that and it turns out that Egan Bernal's girlfriend has a personal youtube channel running for him and it's really, well, sweet. And also very transparent. I noticed stopped posting his heart rate data on Strava after Gibraltar but the power numbers are still there -for the meantime, I'm reckon Sky will put an end to that at some point. They even got a team Sky coach to elaborate on his training regime live on camera. That has to be a first. On the flip side, baby-face does get listed among the guys he trains with.

Whatever else Egan, his family and even his coach, come off as good humble, genuinely nice people. I hope they keep this up. It seems very un-Sky like, for sure, but it might just go to show that Sky is either relaxing the reigns a bit or they're really keen on keeping him around.

But yeah, I do think he's gearing up for the Tour. There's a reason they sent a coach down to Colombia, and I'm guessing it wasn't just to say hi.

I was in Italy a few weeks ago and drove past a beat up old transit van mini bus type thing. On one side was a pretty dodgy looking screen print type photo of Egan, with the banner "Egan Bernal Fan Club". Took me by surprise considering he wasn't at the Giro, hope i get to see the van at the Tour...it was really cool and totally at odds with the slick Sky image.

Wish i'd got a photo but was driving at the time

 

[May0maniac]

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So I was looking for sourcing on that and it turns out that Egan Bernal's girlfriend has a personal youtube channel running for him and it's really, well, sweet. And also very transparent. I noticed stopped posting his heart rate data on Strava after Gibraltar but the power numbers are still there -for the meantime, I'm reckon Sky will put an end to that at some point. They even got a team Sky coach to elaborate on his training regime live on camera. That has to be a first. On the flip side, baby-face does get listed among the guys he trains with.

Whatever else Egan, his family and even his coach, come off as good humble, genuinely nice people. I hope they keep this up. It seems very un-Sky like, for sure, but it might just go to show that Sky is either relaxing the reigns a bit or they're really keen on keeping him around.

But yeah, I do think he's gearing up for the Tour. There's a reason they sent a coach down to Colombia, and I'm guessing it wasn't just to say hi.

I was in Italy a few weeks ago and drove past a beat up old transit van mini bus type thing. On one side was a pretty dodgy looking screen print type photo of Egan, with the banner "Egan Bernal Fan Club". Took me by surprise considering he wasn't at the Giro, hope i get to see the van at the Tour...it was really cool and totally at odds with the slick Sky image.

Wish i'd got a photo but was driving at the time

Yes, they already founded a local fan club in the piemont region where he stayed when he was riding for Androni, all their Latin American riders live there in a hotel, Nivolet is their favourite training climbs and all the local U23 riders want to train with them.
Fun story, the Hotel owns a few Chickens and Cows (to provide fresh milk and eggs for the guests) and when he's not on the road Ivan Ramiro Sosa gets up early to feed them and take care of them, he says that it reminds him of his home and helps him not to get homesick.