Egan Bernal

Tour de France: Geraint Thomas finishes 41 seconds behind lead at 20th position in thrilling second stage finale

As Tour rookie Mathieu van der Poel scored a memorable triumph in blistering gung-ho style, Thomas was unable to keep up over the final kilometre.

Giro d'Italia 2021: Britain's Simon Yates wins 19th stage, Egan Bernal stays strong atop leaderboard

Colombian Bernal, the 2019 Tour de France champion, finished third on the day to keep hold of the leaders' pink jersey with only two stages remaining.

Giro d'Italia 2021: Italian Alberto Bettiol wins 18th stage, Egan Bernal maintains overall lead

Bettiol hunted down Frenchman Remi Cavagna of Deceuninck who had escaped from a big breakaway group with 26 kilometres to go and finished 15 seconds ahead of fellow Italian Simone Consonni.

Giro d'Italia 2021: Dan Martin makes solo break to win 17th stage, Egan Bernal holds onto lead

Martin, 34, resisted his rivals superbly on the final climb, over 11.2km with an average gradient at 9.8 percent, after the 193km ride between Canazei and a summit finish at Sega di Ala in the north of Italy.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Egan Bernal contemplating skipping Games to recover from back pain

The Colombian star, who won the Tour de France in 2019, leads Italian Damiano Caruso by two minutes and 24 seconds with five stages of the Giro remaining.

Giro d'Italia 2021: Lorenzo Fortunato climbs to victory in 14th stage, Egan Bernal holds on to leader's jersey

Colombian Egan Bernal of Ineos was the first of the favourites to cross the finish line to consolidate his hold on the leader's pink jersey.

Giro d'Italia: Andrea Vendrame sees off Chris Hamilton to take 12th stage, Egan Bernal retains overall lead

Vendrame finished ahead of Australia's Chris Hamilton, his final breakaway companion, followed by New Zealand's George Bennett and Italy's Gianluca Brambilla after the 212km run from Siena in Tuscany to Bagno di Romagna.

Giro d'Italia: Leader Egan Bernal moves away from chasing pack as Mauro Schmid wins 11th stage

Team Qhubeka's Schmid won the 162km stage as part of a long-range breakaway while the 2019 Tour de France winner Bernal extended his overall lead in Tuscany.

Giro d'Italia: Ineos' Egan Bernal takes hold of leader's pink jersey after winning stage nine

The Ineos leader and winner of the 2019 Tour de France pulled away from a select group on a gravel ski slope above the clouds with the other overall contenders only able to watch as he skipped away.

Giro d'Italia: Swiss cyclist Gino Maeder wins sixth stage, Attila Valter takes leader's jersey

Maeder, who rides for Team Bahrain Victorious, was part of a quartet leading the race up the summit finish and the 24-year-old attacked with three kilometres remaining to cross the line 12 seconds ahead of his fellow escapees.