Egan Bernal has deserted the Vuelta a San Juan within the opening kilometres of stage 6. The Colombian had been mendacity fourth general after a powerful show on Friday’s decisive mountain stage to Alto Colorado.
That efficiency on Alto Colorado was Bernal’s finest since he suffered extreme accidents in a coaching crash in January of final 12 months, and it had appeared to augur nicely for the Ineos rider’s prospects on the Colombian nationwide championships subsequent week.
“The numbers have been there after I was coaching at residence, but it surely’s one factor to do it in coaching and one other to do it in a race,” Bernal informed reporters on the end of stage 5, the place was fourth, 40 seconds behind winner Miguel Ángel López (Medellín-EPM). “That provides me a variety of morale and confidence, in addition to the motivation to need extra.”
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