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Wout Poels believes his teammate Egan Bernal can become one of the greatest riders of all time. Unless the Tour de France makes a dramatic turnaround at the final stage in Paris on Sunday, the Colombian will win the race only on his second attempt at the age of 22.
"We will see Bernal like this for the next ten years, and that's pretty unlikely what he did at the age of 22. That's massive," his teammate Poels said. Cyclingnews on Saturday.
I do not know exactly what it is. When you are born, you get something from your parents and it seems to have become very fast, learned very quickly in terms of GC riding and how to speed up He is a really smart rider.
Bernal joined the Tour de France with a joint leadership, divided between him and defensive champion Gerant Thomas. Bernal, however, gradually spent his time in Wales in the Pyrenees and the Alps, gaining enough time to take the yellow jersey from Julian Alapilippe on stage to Tin with a solo attack on the Col de l'Iseran before the scene was cut due to extreme climatic conditions . conditions.
Like Thomas and the victim Chris Fruom and twenty-thirty, Bernal represents the future. Although it is never guaranteed that a young winner in the tournament will dominate over the next few years, Jan Ulrich thinks his young teammate has the skills to be a contender and be cemented as one of the greatest winners in cycling.
"I hope he can win as many Grand Tours as I can think he can be one of the biggest of all times, he wins a tournament at 22, so he has all the cards in his hands, and he has an amazing future .
"He was all the time, only his TT was not amazing compared to the rest but he won the tournament time and again at stage 19. It was a bit strange day but he again showed he was the stronger.
With Bernal, Thomas and eventually Chris Frum of the next-year Grand Tour program, the Inneos team's task is to split the goals between them. Froome is still looking for a record fifth title while Thomas is already talking about his hopes of winning his second victory in 2020.
"They will be busy at Ineos, but they have to split Giro, Tour and Vuelta. Three of them want to win Tour, so it's a nice job for Dave [Brailsford]"said Poles.
Whether Pelas is there to see her next year is unclear. Now he has no contract, and when asked if he will be on tour next year with Team Ineos, he admitted his future was unclear. Several teams showed interest in the Dutch rider.
– I'm not sure. I am at the end of my contract, but we will see in the next few weeks.
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