Egan Bernal

Colombian cyclist

Egan Arley Bernal Gómez (born 13 January 1997) is a Colombian cyclist. He rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[1] In 2019, he won the Tour de France. After that, he became the first Latin American rider to won and the youngest winner since 1909. At the 2021 Giro d'Italia, Bernal took his second Grand Tour win.

Bernal at the 2019 Tour de France

Early life change

Bernal was born in Bogotá, Colombia. Later he was raised in Zipaquirá.[2] He studied one semester at Universidad de la Sabana in Chia, Colombia.

He primarily focused on the mountain biking, winning races in Brazil, Costa Rica, and the United States. He got both silver (2014) and bronze (2015) in the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships junior cross country events.[3]

Professional road racing change

Bernal had begun to gain success in junior road racing both in Colombia and Italy, besides doing mountain biking. He won the Clasica Juventudes Cajica[4] and the Sognando Il Giro delle Fiandre[5] in 2015.

Major results change

Road change

2016
1st   Overall Tour of Bihor
1st   Young rider classification
1st Stage 1
1st   Young rider classification, Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
1st   Young rider classification, Giro del Trentino
4th Overall Tour of Slovenia
1st   Young rider classification
4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
2017
1st   Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
1st   Points classification
1st   Young rider classification
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st   Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
1st   Points classification
1st   Young rider classification
1st Stages 2 & 4 (ITT)
1st   Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stages 7 & 8
2nd Giro dell'Appennino
3rd Memorial Marco Pantani
4th Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
1st   Young rider classification
5th Overall Giro della Toscana
1st   Young rider classification
5th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
7th Overall Tour de Langkawi
9th Overall Tour of the Alps
1st   Young rider classification
9th Overall Vuelta a San Juan
1st   Young rider classification
2018
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
1st   Overall Tour of California
1st   Young rider classification
1st Stages 2 & 6
1st   Overall Colombia Oro y Paz
1st   Mountains classification
1st   Young rider classification
2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
1st   Young rider classification
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
6th Overall Tour Down Under
1st   Young rider classification
10th Milano–Torino
2019
1st   Overall Tour de France
1st   Young rider classification
1st   Overall Tour de Suisse
1st   Young rider classification
1st Stage 7
1st   Overall Paris–Nice
1st   Young rider classification
1st Gran Piemonte
2nd Giro della Toscana
3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Giro di Lombardia
4th Overall Tour Colombia
6th Milano–Torino
9th Giro dell'Emilia
2020
1st   Overall Route d'Occitanie
1st   Points classification
1st   Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
4th Overall Tour Colombia
Tour de France
Held   after Stages 7–12
2021
1st   Overall Giro d'Italia
1st   Young rider classification
1st Stages 9 & 16
2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
3rd Overall Tour de la Provence
3rd Strade Bianche
4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
6th Overall Vuelta a España
Held   after Stages 3–19
  Combativity award Stage 17

General classification results timeline change

Grand Tour general classification
Grand Tour 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
  Giro d'Italia 1
  Tour de France 15 1 DNF
  Vuelta a España 6
Major stage race general classification
Race 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Paris–Nice 1
Tirreno–Adriatico 16 4
Volta a Catalunya DNF 3 NH
Tour of the Basque Country
Tour de Romandie 2
Critérium du Dauphiné DNF
Tour de Suisse 1 NH
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
NH Not held
IP In Progress

Mountain Bike change

 

2014
2nd   Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
3rd   Cross-country, Pan-American Junior Championships
2015
1st   Cross-country, Pan-American Junior Championships
3rd   Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships

References change

  1. "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. Ostanek, Daniel. "Meet Egan Bernal Colombia's Newest Cycling Sensation". Cyclingtips.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. "Egan Bernal Biography". Archived from the original on 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  4. "CLASICA JUVENTUDES CAJICA 2015 | clasificaciones del ciclismo colombiano". www.clasificacionesdelciclismocolombiano.com.
  5. ""Sognando Il Giro delle Fiandre" parla colombiano". Il Tirreno. 4 October 2015.

Other websites change