BRUSSELS: Egan Bernal will top the Tour de France podium in Paris and is young enough to surpass any of the race's legends, French great Bernard ...
BRUSSELS: Egan Bernal will top the Tour de France podium in Paris and is young enough to surpass any of the race's legends, French great Bernard Hinault told AFP on Sunday .
"Look at Chris Froome, he's won four of them and let's see what condition he's in next year," Hinault said.But he was more confident another Ineos rider would be the one, and not reigning champion Geraint Thomas but Bernal, even though he is yet win a Tour yet. "And Geraint won't be far behind him either," he said, his tone expressing warmth towards the Welshman.
"If you start from that principal and remember that he is only 22-years-old, then me may go much further than any of us," said Hinault.Hinault had a warning for the multi-talented Colombian, drawn from his own experience of winning a first Tour."All their tactics are targeting you, so you have to work out a way of managing that."There are days when small teams will try and win a stage, which can be distracting.
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