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EFE · Road Competition · 08/10/2020
Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadier), winner of the 2019 Tour de France and retired this year after the sixteenth stage, will not compete again this season and will focus on recovering physically by 2021, so he will not participate in the Vuelta a Spain.
The decision, which confirms Ciclismonews, excludes Bernal as head of the Ineos for the Vuelta and makes the references for the Spanish round to be the British Chris Froome, four times winner of the Tour, and the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz, winner of the Giro 2019.
Bernal, who also retired in the Dauphin two weeks before the Tour de France, evidenced in the “grande boucle” a poor state of form that prevented him from fighting for the defense of his title and finally opted for abandonment before the start of the tournament. seventeenth stage.
The 23-year-old cyclist from Zipaquir had considered the possibility of fine-tuning his form for the Vuelta that will be held from October 20 to November 8, but the team’s option is the total recovery of the Colombian and face with guarantees next season.
Chris Froome, winner of the 2011 and 2017 Vuelta and absent from the 2019 Tour, face his last big challenge with the Ineos jersey in the national round before leaving for the Israel Start-Up Nation.
The Kenyan-born cyclist will share rows with Richard Carapaz, who will participate for the third time in the Vuelta a Espaa. The Ecuadorian was scheduled for the Giro, but a change in plans by Ineos forced him to participate in the Tour in the absence of Froome and Geraint Thomas.
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