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

[AlexNYC]

In addition to all of the above, I can’t believe there’s a WT team with enough money to compete with Sky and stupid enough to not realize that GT is a Sky creation. We’re talking about the third cyclist who Sky have turned from mediocre GC rider into Tour de France winner. He would never achieve anything close to this with any other team.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Tbf there's a very strong chance he'd have at least one monument by now if he hadn't switched to GC with sky

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

If Sky teach him to TT a bit better than in cali, I do not see who will stop him.
Imagine this guy + Sky train.

 

[CTQ]

Massive thank you to @eganbernal today, he’s got an amazing future ahead of him #TDF2018
https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/1022878958524747781

 

[myrideissteelerthanyours]

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In addition to all of the above, I can’t believe there’s a WT team with enough money to compete with Sky and stupid enough to not realize that GT is a Sky creation. We’re talking about the third cyclist who Sky have turned from mediocre GC rider into Tour de France winner. He would never achieve anything close to this with any other team.

Wigans "turned" at Garmin

 

[AlexNYC]

Re: Re:

In addition to all of the above, I can’t believe there’s a WT team with enough money to compete with Sky and stupid enough to not realize that GT is a Sky creation. We’re talking about the third cyclist who Sky have turned from mediocre GC rider into Tour de France winner. He would never achieve anything close to this with any other team.

Wigans "turned" at Garmin

How could I forget the Verbier stage! That was quite the WTF moment.

 

[AlexNYC]

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If Sky teach him to TT a bit better than in cali, I do not see who will stop him.
Imagine this guy + Sky train.

I feel like he could win next year’s Tour with this Sky train

 

[AlexNYC]

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Tbf there's a very strong chance he'd have at least one monument by now if he hadn't switched to GC with sky

Yes, he was already a very good classics rider when he decided to go for GC glory

 

[SafeBet]

He's so amazing that I'm already getting bored thinking about the next GTs where he'll be captain.

 

[Eli]

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Tbf there's a very strong chance he'd have at least one monument by now if he hadn't switched to GC with sky

What monument might that be?

 

[Red Rick]

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He's so amazing that I'm already getting bored thinking about the next GTs where he'll be captain.

In Evenepoel we trust

 

[DNP-Old]

How does that sit in the Team Sky infrastructure, where it is such a team with British heritage but you’ve got a cosmopolitan cast? Can you imagine a Colombian winning the Tour for Team Sky?

Brailsford: “Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don’t think a Colombian has won a Tour, have they?

“I mean, Nairo has won the Giro and the Vuelta so I think those Grand Tours have been won by a Colombian…. But I don’t think a Colombian has won [the Tour]. So why couldn’t we be the first team to have a Colombian win the Tour de France – that’d be pretty good fun.

“So, you know… that’s probably where we’ll be heading.”

 

[MatParker117]

Crash on Stage 9 ironically cost him 9th.

 

[gospina]

does anyone have a link that shows footage of Bernal pulling and fixing his headset? I can't seem to find it.

 

[Lequack]

Unfortunately he crashed hard today in the Classica San Sebastian. They were stretched off into the ambulance along with Landa. Bad luck.

Video of the crash:
https://twitter.com/Eurosport_IT/status/1025775029445959680

Being stretched off:
https://twitter.com/ignaciooziyaho1/status/1025769135828086784

Update from Sky after the race:

 

[PremierAndrew]

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Tbf there's a very strong chance he'd have at least one monument by now if he hadn't switched to GC with sky

What monument might that be?

RVV, but also PR and LBL are both possibilities too

 

[PremierAndrew]

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Unfortunately he crashed hard today in the Classica San Sebastian. They were stretched off into the ambulance along with Landa. Bad luck.

Video of the crash:
https://twitter.com/Eurosport_IT/status/1025775029445959680

Being stretched off:
https://twitter.com/ignaciooziyaho1/status/1025769135828086784

Update from Sky after the race:

Well it sounds better than it initially looked. Every cloud...

 

[rlntlssly]

https://www.teamsky.com/article/bernal-crashes-out-of-san-sebastian

So he's got a broken nose and a maxillary (upper jaw) injury. Sounds painful and unpleasant. Hope he's better soon.

 

[Escarabajo]

Hoping for a fast recovery to both Landa and Bernal. And also hoping for no consequences on his cycling programs.

 

[Moviefan1203]

Scary scene.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Hope he gets better soon. Really like this guy... Really hope he leaves Sky, lol

 

[hazaran]

Sky made him crash, huh? No, it's the useless teams like EF and Dimension Data. Cut them out and it's suddenly much safer.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Sky made him crash, huh? No, it's the useless teams like EF and Dimension Data. Cut them out and it's suddenly much safer.

I bet we even wouldn't notice. Such horrible and useless teams.

 

[Red Rick]

What?

If that's such a problem then you should just make sure you're not riding behind them in a peloton if they're such a risk

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

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Sky made him crash, huh? No, it's the useless teams like EF and Dimension Data. Cut them out and it's suddenly much safer.

Is that a response to my post? Because i never claimed that.