Egan Bernal: the brutal bad streak that he buried in the cycling Nationals

They are already history, but people continue to talk about them. The cycling Nationals that ended on Sunday in Tunja, Boyacá, with the surprise victory of Alejandro Osorio on Sergio Higuita and Egan Bernal They left an important mark.

Bernal, who has been a frequent visitor to the podium in this competition, shook off a streak of two years, seven months and 26 days of not doing so.
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Light of hope

The Ineos team runner launched himself into the chase for the leading lot in the 212-kilometer race and 61 from the finish line alongside Sergio Higuita, when they lost more than four minutes.

Bernal put his teammate to work, Brandon Riveraand with Higuita they managed to do something that seemed impossible, cut that considerable minute, but they did it.

Both riders, in the final turn, crossed one minute and 24 seconds apart, but they went all or nothing until they left their maximum effort on the asphalt.

In the end, they only needed four seconds to complete their feat and Higuita took the silver and Bernal took the bronze.

Losing streak

973 days passed for the champion of the Tour de France of 2019 felt like a winner after the brutal accident on January 24, 2022, when he was almost left in a wheelchair and was saved from death.

It was bronze, yesterday in Tunja, in the long-distance event of the cycling nationals. The last time he raised was on May 30, 2021 when he won the Italy spin.

Without a doubt, despite not having won the gold medal, what Egan demonstrated in the one-day competition is comforting for what is to come in the 2024 season, in which he wants to see himself in the forward positions of a general ranking.
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