Tag Archives: Egan Bernal

2021 Giro Stage 8: A Saturday Breakaway Showcase (Written)

“Thus, what interest did Groupama-FDJ have in keeping the breakaway in check? Groupama wanted a breakaway of non-GC threats to go up the road and stay away and mop up the bonus seconds at the finish in order to protect Attila’s Pink Jersey. Then Attila would only need to finish the stage together with Remco and Bernal to retain the maglia rosa for another day. And this is how the stage played out.”

2021 Giro Stage 6: Double Redemption for Bahrain Victorious (Written)

“It was another day with Biblical Weather on the Giro d’Italia. It was another stage to show your friends and family that wonder why you watch so much cycling. O! And surely if you ever questioned cyclists’ fortitude this day dispelled those doubts.”

2021 Giro Stage 4: “A joy it will be one day, perhaps, to remember even this” (Written)

“Pious Aeneas, what does he say to raise his comrades’ spirits? Those enduring and endearing words: Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit. Yes, surely you all remember it now! But to use my beloved Robert Fagles’ rendering: “A joy it will be one day, perhaps, to remember even this.” Ah! Ain’t that the truth—Virgil you master.”

2021 T-A: The Greatest Edition of Neptune’s Race (WRITTEN)

‘And all the race previews were hyping up the race well…except for one….“Well, this irks me,” King Neptune said. “What is this Cycling Odysseys podcast? Who is this Patrick Santino ant? A podcast named for that horrid Odysseus?”‘

Strade Bianche 2021: A Dream Final Selection (WRITTEN)

“And this is the Dream selection that forms the title of this piece. As I said, the chasers kept them close, but did any viewer in the world think anyone was gonna catch onto this group of All-Stars? No offense to the chasers, but did anyone want them to? Or can we all just admit a fantasy was coming true”

Team Preview 2021: Ineos Grenadiers

“So here are what the headlines are appearing to say: Ineos want to race “like Brazil.” To the international audience, let me tell you, a statement like this would puzzle many Americans—in fact it might even attract some Americans to read the piece and not just draw their conclusions from the headlines as usual. But fear not! I was able to piece together the analogy like a first-grader putting two and two together to make four.”

THE INTRODUCTION Stage 3 – EVERY BIKE RACE: A MINI-ODYSSEY

“To do a single day Classic or weeklong race can be a mini-Hero’s Journey of its own for so much can happen in a matter of hours or over the course of a couple days: people have gone from Zero to Hero many times in the course of these races. But for a rider to do their first Grand Tour: that will 100% of the time be a Hero’s Journey on its own”

THE RIDERS BEGIN TO DREAM OF PARIS

TDF 2020, Stage 16 La Tour-du-Pin – Villard-de-Lans 164 km. Kamna beats Carapaz in breakaway for stage honors. No real shake up in GC standings.

JUMBO-VISMA REACHES THE SUMMIT ON THE GRAND COLOMBIER

TDF 2020, Stage 15 Lyon – Grand Colombier 174.5 km. Jumbo-Visma dominate up Grand Colombier, Bernal and Quintana lose minutes, but Pogacar still wins stage in a sprint.