With the Italy spin finished, all eyes are on the Tour de Francethe most important cycling race in the world and a competition in which Colombian cyclists are always protagonists and bring joy to the country.
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To date there is no Colombian runner confirmed for the Tour de France which begins next June 29 and ends on July 21, but there are lights of those who could be in the gala race.
I’m fine, I would like to get to the Tour de France so I can compete in it. The numbers are good, training, I feel perfect, with strength and desire
Egan Bernal, yellow dream
“With the blessing I finish the first part of the season, now in Colombia for a few days to prepare for a good Tour de France,” said the Colombian in an interview with Caracol.
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Egan Bernal decided not to run the Italy spin to focus all his forces on the Tour de France: “I’m fine, I would like to get to the Tour de France so I can compete in it. The numbers are good, training, I feel perfect, with strength and desire. Furthermore, I have the motivation to go and do well. However, as I have always said “, the Tour is the Tour and you go to another level, you play at another price.”
Although he would arrive as a partner of the Spanish Carlos Rodríguez, he wants to play a good role in the Tour de France if confirmed. “The important thing is to go strong in the race and we will see what happens, but, yes, there is something clear and that is that the idea is to compete for it.”
Buitrago is excited
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“I feel very well, resting for a few days in Spain, I will return to Colombia and focus on my preparation for what will be my participation in the Critérium del Dauphiné and the Tour de France. The idea is to arrive at the Tour in the best conditions,” he
commented in a talk with Antena 2.
And he added: “At the moment I don’t know the whole team, but I know that we will go with a big block. I know they will be Pello Bilbao, Jack Haig, Matej Mohorič, Phil Bauhaus for the sprints, unfortunately in Belgium many suffered falls and are recovering.”
Daniel and Rigo, the great unknowns
He bora He included him in the preliminary list of cyclists registered for the Tour de France, but it remains to be seen if he has enough strength to face the cyclist’s most important race, in which he would be a gregarious member of the Slovenian. Primoz Roglic.
“For the Tour, we have a long list, a combination of climbing support and different tactical opportunities. It’s a hectic and stressful start, so we have to be prepared,” said the team’s performance director, Rolf Aldag.
Finally, the option to see for the last time on the ‘Grande Boucle’ opens to Rigoberto Urán, who would be saving himself for the race and plans to retire at the end of this season.
The Antioquian rider has explained repeatedly that this would be his last year at a professional level and he wants to leave it before cycling leaves him.
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