The Colombian cyclist of the Ineos Grenadiers, Egan Bernal, crossed in the third position the finish line of the seventh stage of the Tour of Italy number 108, a day of 168 km between Castel Di Sangro and Tagliacozzo, on May 16, 2025.
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During the tenth stage of the Italian 2025, played on Tuesday, May 20, between Lucca and Pisa, Egan Bernal suffered a spectacular fall in the middle of the individual counterreloj of 28.6 kilometers.
The incident was not captured by the official transmission, but was known thanks to the Testimony of the cyclist itself At the end of the day.
“I fell to the beginning and a little normal. Already difficult from then on. The floor was very slippery. I was very up and I don't feel anything for the moment, ”said Bernal.
“I fell to the beginning. Nor was much, more is the lost time,” Egan Bernal 🇨🇴 after his fall in the counterreloj of the Italy turn 🇮🇹 in which he wasted time in front of the leaders. Now it is 11 of the general. pic.twitter.com/fLjJGSohUp
– Alfonso Hernández (@alfonsoh) May 20, 2025
This was the fall of Egan Bernal in stage 10 of the Italian turn
Hours later, on Tuesday night, the exact video was known in which the Colombian slides in the wet asphalt, fall strongly on his left shoulder and be lying while your bicycle is several meters later.
Despite the impact and the initial concern, Bernal managed to reinstall with the help of his team, quickly changed his bicycle and completed the stage while the Italian fans shouted him: “Forza, Colombia!”.
Egan ended the day in the Box 642 minutes and 58 seconds from the winner, and in the general classification a couple of positions descended, now located in the eleventh positionat 2:33 of the leader, Isaac del Toro.
Despite the coup, this Wednesday Bernal took the game normally To face the eleventh stage, a 186 -kilometer route between Viaggio and Castellnovo Ne 'Monti. The layout includes the demanding rise to Alpe San Pellegrino (13.7 km at 8.8%), located halfway, before a more accessible ending.
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