Egan Bernal Archives

INEOS Grenadiers Counting on Young Riders to Climb Back to the Top

March 27, 2024 at 3:29 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

It has been a mediocre start to the 2024 season for the once mighty INEOS Grenadiers, who under the name Team Sky were the unchallenged lords of road racing from 2012 to 2019. In that eight-year span, they won the Tour de France seven times…

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The Road to the Tour: Pogačar Rules Volta a Catalunya

March 25, 2024 at 12:23 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

Tadej Pogačar is using the 2024 season to make a statement – several statements, in fact. One of them is that 2023 was an aberration in the career of one of the greatest cyclists of all time. The UAE Team Emirates leader’s victory in the…

Opinion: This Is What We Should Do With the Reckless Spectators at the Tour

July 21, 2023 at 6:00 am4 min reading

Road cycling

It’s important to remember, in case we have forgotten the many bad crashes in this year’s rain-drenched Giro d’Italia and the death of Gino Mäder in the Tour de Suisse, that road racing is a dangerous sport. Improved training methods and continuously updated cycling and…

Ineos Grenadiers: Down But Not Out

May 12, 2023 at 2:30 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

Ineos Grenadiers is a team in wait mode. They are waiting for a rider who will help them return to the days when they bossed the peloton and won almost everything they wanted to win, which was not long ago.

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Roglič Wins Fiery Duel with Evenepoel in Volta a Catalunya

March 27, 2023 at 2:22 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

A total of 247 riders started the 2023 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, but 245 of them were mere extras in the race for the GC title, which played out in a fierce duel between Remco Evenepoel and Primož Roglič. One episode from the race illustrates…

Egan Bernal’s Uncertain Tour de France Future

March 10, 2023 at 10:00 am5 min reading

Road cycling

Between 2012 and 2019, Ineos Grenadiers and their previous version, Team Sky, won 8 of 9 Tour de France GCs, an unprecedented series of yellow jersey victories. They had the best team, the best strategy and the best leaders. The team’s last Ineos rider to…

Ineos Grenadiers on Bernal’s Latest Injury: ‘We’re optimistic about him being back racing in the next couple of weeks’

February 15, 2023 at 10:37 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The Colombian has been forced to abandon the Vuelta a San Juan due to a knee injury, which also saw him withdraw from Ruta del Sol. Looks like we’ll have to wait a bit longer to watch Bernal clash with Tadej Pogačar. Since it won’t…

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Miguel Ángel López Wins Vuelta a San Juan

January 30, 2023 at 12:30 pm5 min reading

Road cycling

The Colombian cyclist Miguel Ángel López has won the 2023 Vuelta a San Juan, an important step in trying to put behind him two tumultuous years in which he suffered a few hard knocks to his reputation and saw him kicked off two cycling teams.

Egan Bernal on Life After the Accident: ‘You have to fight and keep pushing no matter the odds’

January 18, 2023 at 11:22 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The Colombian admitted in a lengthy interview for AS that he thought about retirement during recovery after the life-threatening accident. However, when he saw how other people in difficult circumstances managed to turn things around, he was motivated to do it as well. Now he’s…

Young Riders Are Conquering the Sport of Cycling

October 3, 2022 at 11:38 am5 min reading

Road cycling

What do Egan Bernal, Tadej Pogačar, Remco Evenepoel, Jonas Vingegaard and Tao Geoghegan Hart have in common? They are all professional cyclists and they have all won a Grand Tour at age 25 or younger in the past three years. And Jai Hindley won the 2022…