Egan Bernal

Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (born 13 January 1997) is a Colombian cyclist. He rides for UCI WorldTeam . In 2019, he won the Tour de France. After that, he became the first Latin American rider to won and the youngest winner since 1909. At the 2021 Giro d'Italia, Bernal took his second Grand Tour win.
Early life
Bernal was born in Bogota, Colombia. Later he was raised in Zipaquira. He studied one semester at Universidad de la Sabana in Chia, Colombia.
He primarily focused on the mountain biking, winning races in Brazil, Costa Rica, and the United States. He got both silver (2014) and bronze (2015) in the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships junior cross country events.
Professional road racing
Bernal had begun to gain success in junior road racing both in Colombia and Italy, besides doing mountain biking. He won the Clasica Juventudes Cajica and the Sognando Il Giro delle Fiandre in 2015.
Major results
Road
2016
1st Overall Tour of Bihor
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 1
1st Young rider classification, Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
1st Young rider classification, Giro del Trentino
4th Overall Tour of Slovenia
1st Young rider classification
4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
2017
1st Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 2 & 4 (ITT)
1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stages 7 & 8
2nd Giro dell'Appennino
3rd Memorial Marco Pantani
4th Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
1st Young rider classification
5th Overall Giro della Toscana
1st Young rider classification
5th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
7th Overall Tour de Langkawi
9th Overall Tour of the Alps
1st Young rider classification
9th Overall Vuelta a San Juan
1st Young rider classification
2018
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour of California
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 2 & 6
1st Overall Colombia Oro y Paz
1st Mountains classification
1st Young rider classification
2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
6th Overall Tour Down Under
1st Young rider classification
10th Milano-Torino
2019
1st Overall Tour de France
1st Young rider classification
1st Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 7
1st Overall Paris-Nice
1st Young rider classification
1st Gran Piemonte
2nd Giro della Toscana
3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Giro di Lombardia
4th Overall Tour Colombia
6th Milano-Torino
9th Giro dell'Emilia
2020
1st Overall Route d'Occitanie
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
4th Overall Tour Colombia
Tour de France
Held after Stages 7-12
2021
1st Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 9 & 16
2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
3rd Overall Tour de la Provence
3rd Strade Bianche
4th Overall Tirreno-Adriatico
6th Overall Vuelta a Espana
Held after Stages 3-19
Combativity award Stage 17
General classification results timeline
Mountain Bike
2014
2nd Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
3rd Cross-country, Pan-American Junior Championships
2015
1st Cross-country, Pan-American Junior Championships
3rd Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
References
Other websites
Egan Bernal at FirstCycling
Tour de France winners
Living people
Giro d'Italia winners
1997 births
Colombian cyclists