{"id":183573,"date":"2021-05-17T11:29:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T11:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=183573"},"modified":"2021-05-17T11:30:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T11:30:49","slug":"egan-bernal-back-in-the-pink-jersey-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/05\/17\/egan-bernal-back-in-the-pink-jersey-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Egan Bernal Back in the Pink Jersey, and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another Monday is here, and so is our news from the world of cycling. So, what did you miss?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bernal wins it<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Stage nine marked the first-ever Grand Tour<\/a> stage win for Egan Bernal. Hard to believe those words, isn\u2019t it? But yesterday he was a class above the other GC contenders. And had the unpaved gravel section at the top of the day\u2019s final climb been longer, surely he would have made up even more time. However, the real test will come with all those hard climbs in the final week of the race. But with the strong Ineos Grenadiers team to back him, it will be hard for anyone to take the pink jersey away from Bernal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot believe what just happened, I just won my first stage in a Grand Tour,” Bernal said after the finish. “I made a lot of sacrifices to get where I am now. I was thinking I would do well today, but I was not sure whether I could win the stage.”<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CO8YtHPpXP6\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/p>\n

2021 Giro d\u2019Italia \u2013 Stage 9 results<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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  1. Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) \u2013 4:08:23<\/li>\n
  2. Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) + 7s<\/li>\n
  3. Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana-Premier Tech)<\/li>\n
  4. Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) + 10s<\/li>\n
  5. Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation)<\/li>\n
  6. Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) + 12s<\/li>\n
  7. Romain Bardet (Team DSM)<\/li>\n
  8. Marc Soler (Movistar)<\/li>\n
  9. Daniel Mart\u00ednez (Ineos Grenadiers)<\/li>\n
  10. Jo\u00e3o Almeida (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    General classification<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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    1. Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) \u2013 35:19:22<\/li>\n
    2. Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) + 15s<\/li>\n
    3. Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana-Premier Tech) + 21s<\/li>\n
    4. Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) + 36s<\/li>\n
    5. Attila Valter (Groupama-FDJ) + 43s<\/li>\n
    6. Hugh Carthy (EF Education-Nippo) + 44s<\/li>\n
    7. Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) + 51s<\/li>\n
    8. Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation)<\/li>\n
    9. Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange) + 55s<\/li>\n
    10. Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates) + 1:01<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Who\u2019s a good dog?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

      https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexeyvermeulen\/status\/1391884033722916864<\/p>\n

      Out-of-this-world performance<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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      When you are in the middle of a time trial but your crush is in the audience.pic.twitter.com\/Ux8bNt9L31<\/a><\/p>\n

      — Cycling out of context (@OutOfCycling) May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n