Egan Bernal looked set to become the first Colombian rider to win the Tour de France after claiming the lead – and the Team Ineos leadership - in ...
TIGNES, France: Egan Bernal looked set to become the first Colombian rider to win the Tour de France after claiming the lead – and the Team Ineos leadership - in dramatic conditions in a 19th stage that was cut short by a hailstorm and a landslide on Friday.
Down in the upcoming valley, however, massive hailstorm flooded the road that was completely blocked by a resulting landslide and organisers decided to stop the race and take the timings at top of the Iseran. The Colombian also collected an eight-second bonus to end the day 48 seconds ahead of the world number one in the general classification with only Saturday's 10th stage able to change the rankings."Fortune favours the brave at the end of the day. As we said this morning we were going to take it on," said Team Ineos manager Dave Brailsford, who led Team Sky – the British outfit's previous sponsor – to six of the last seven Tour de France titles.
The result confirmed the British team’s stranglehold on the Tour even if they appeared less dominant this year in the absence of four-time champion Chris Froome."Who knows what would have happened after that. It was nice to get to the top of the Iseran in that situation which is what we were hoping for.
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