While I enjoy Bernal, I still struggle to identify his best features, he is still young, had a lost season in 2020 and appeared as a leader in very few races. Is he good on steep climbs, how does he fare in TT's?
From what I've seen, he seems to be better in longer high altitude climbs (Iseran, Giau), but he's not without acceleration, like Quintana, as he usually responds quite quickly. He's incredibly good at gravel and bike handling (perhaps due to his MTB background) and an apt descender (like the Covadonga stage). He appeared to defend well in time trials, but I still can't see if he can lose a GT on this basis. Smaller climbs also are still an unknown to me. From what I see, the Vuelta appears to be the least suited GT for him (smaller, steeper and not many successive mountains).