{"id":174792,"date":"2019-07-28T18:26:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T18:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=174792"},"modified":"2019-07-30T13:38:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T13:38:14","slug":"egan-bernal-is-the-first-colombian-winner-of-the-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/07\/28\/egan-bernal-is-the-first-colombian-winner-of-the-tour-de-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Egan Bernal Is the First Colombian Winner of the Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The 22-year-old successfully defended his yellow jersey, enjoying his triumph on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bernal proud to make history<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The youngest winner in the post-war era and the first ever Colombian. We\u2019re sure it must be a lot to take in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of the biggest things for us because it will be our first Tour de France,\u201d Bernal said. \u201cI received a lot of messages but to be honest, I have just talked with my family and with some friends. I\u2019m very happy for me and really proud to to be in this position. I think that it hasn\u2019t hit me yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;d like to say a massive thank you for all the incredible support across the last three weeks, both on the roadside and from the fans watching at home <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TDF2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TDF2019<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/7eamINEOS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#7eamINEOS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ulV8waCu1H\">pic.twitter.com\/ulV8waCu1H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; INEOS Grenadiers (@INEOSGrenadiers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INEOSGrenadiers\/status\/1155543542611267585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Bernal achieved the victory with the help from his team-mate and the 2018 winner Geraint Thomas. The Welshman admitted to being disappointed that he didn\u2019t win, but was happy for Bernal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way the team has been it\u2019s just been incredible. And it couldn\u2019t be a nicer guy to win. Egan is truly a genuinely nice, friendly, happy guy. A pleasure to ride with. And Christ, he\u2019s only 22.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Alaphilippe gave it his all<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Frenchman led the race for 14 days, but slipped off the podium in the final kilometres.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/deceuninck_qst\/status\/1155402820914417664<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave it my all. I think it was hard to do better,\u201d Alaphilippe said. \u201cI was expecting to explode at some point. But I still maintained well. I\u2019m very proud of what my team-mate Enric Mas did for me, it was his job and he did it really well. Without him, I would have finished at a quarter of an hour I think. That\u2019s my temperament. With me, it\u2019s a bit all or nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Romain Bardet claims the polka dot jersey<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Following Warren Barguil in 2017 and Alaphilippe last year, Bardet secured a consolation prize for the French nation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeTour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeTour<\/a> &#8211; \u00c9tape 21 \/ Stage 21 <\/p>\n<p>Deux v\u00e9los sp\u00e9ciaux pour une \u00e9tape sp\u00e9ciale.<\/p>\n<p>Two special bikes for a special stage<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/allezALM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#allezALM<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EddyMerckxBikes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EddyMerckxBikes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gAYgN341c1\">pic.twitter.com\/gAYgN341c1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM (@decathlonAG2RLM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/decathlonAG2RLM\/status\/1155540921724915712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI dreamt of winning the polka dot jersey when I was young. It\u2019s a nice satisfaction for me this time. It\u2019s going to be my fifth time on stage on the Champs-Elys\u00e9es for a different award in seven participations. It\u2019s good to reinvent oneself. Things haven\u2019t gone according to my expectations at this Tour but I\u2019ll enjoy this trophy before thinking about what has not worked. We\u2019re allowed to fail but we\u2019re not allowed to not try and give it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sagan breaks the record<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>All he needed to do was finish. And he did. Congratulations, Peter, to your record-breaking seventh \u0160koda Green Jersey.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_174794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174794\" style=\"width: 1250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/profimedia-0461132431.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174794\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/profimedia-0461132431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"832\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Sagan &#8220;spoiling&#8221; the Team Ineos moment. \u00a9 Profimedia, Zuma Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the official ceremony, Alain Favey (on the right), \u0160koda AUTO Board Member for Sales and Marketing, presented Peter Sagan with the prize for the winner of the points classification. The trophy made of green crystal for the winner of the Green Jersey was created by \u0160koda Design.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-174826\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/07\/190712-Tour-de-France-winner-Egan-Bernal-celebrates-with-crystal-trophy-from-SKODA-AUTO-2-1440x960-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 22-year-old successfully defended his yellow jersey, enjoying his triumph on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":174793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[3226,2396,2621,1080,381,473],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-174792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-2019-tour","tag-2019-tour-de-france","tag-egan-bernal","tag-geraint-thomas","tag-peter-sagan","tag-romain-bardet"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Egan Bernal Is the First Colombian Winner of the Tour de France - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 22-year-old successfully defended his yellow jersey, enjoying his triumph on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es. 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