Egan Bernal unleashes passions at Volta a Catalunya after his return to a World Tour podium (3rd)

One of the good news experienced in Volta to Catalonia 2024 This is the return of the best version of the Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal (27 years old). Winner of Tour de France 2019 and of 2021 Giro d’Italiahe ‘Zipaquirá Condor’ saw his professional career cut short by a serious accident with him Colombia native at the beginning of the 2022 season that almost took his life.

He returned to competition in Back to San Juan (Argentina) in January 2023 which he did not finish. He gradually left flashes of his class, with outstanding performances in Romandie Tour or the Tour of Hungarybut it is mainly in the last edition of the return when he was talking to someone especially when he was 7th on the stage of The Cross of Linares.

This season started on Colombia and made the leap to Europe in a O Great Road who dominates with an iron fist Jonas Vingegaard, but where at one stage he was second to finish third overall. He was fifth in two episodes of Paris-Beautifulbefore traveling to a Volta where he showed his best version and fought until the end.

Bernal found the Landa collaboration in the penultimate stage of Volta, on the day of the queen of Coll de Pradell and the end at Quraltto attack the podium and this Sunday he defended his position on the final podium tooth and nail.

After the finish, this is his assessment: “I feel very relieved and I am very happy. I am happy with the team. This week of the Volta was very difficult and today we did well. The goal of the team is to be on the podium “It was difficult and we achieved it,” Egan said after finishing the Volta, before highlighting that “for me it’s incredible to be on a World Tour podium again.”