Giro and Vuelta Charge Egan Bernal for Abandoning Tour de France

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Giro and Vuelta Charge Egan Bernal for Abandoning Tour de France

Organizers of the Vuelta a España and the Giro d'Italia are hoping that Egan Bernal, who abandoned the Tour de France, will compete in their races, and Cycling News is confident that Richard Calapaz will compete in the Vuelta with Chris Froome They report that.

Bernal is recovering from Tour de France fatigue and is undergoing checks and treatment for back problems in Monaco, her new base in Europe; her return to racing in 2020 will depend on the results of her medical checks.

Depending on his performance in the Tour de France, he has always said that the Spanish Grand Tour is an option, and competing in the Ardennes Classics in October and racing in the more taxing Grand Tours may be an option to avoid a disappointing ending early in the new year.

Buerger.

Both the Vuelta a España and the Giro d'Italia have attracted Bernal since he left the Tour de France.

The Giro d'Italia starts on Saturday, October 3, leaving little time for recovery, but race director Mauro Veni has suggested that Bernal could ride the Corsa Rosa in support of Geraint Thomas. [He won the Tour two years ago, was second last year, and showed good form in Tirreno-Adriatico. If he can have the Domestique des Luxe, even better," Veni said on Italian television on Thursday.

"If you don't get a result in the most important race, you have to aim for something else.

Vuelta race director Javier Guillén is also eager to appoint Bernal and put him alongside Froome and Carapaz.

"He has many options, but we want Bernal to run the Vuelta," Guigen told Marca.

"There are three less stages this year, which helps psychologically. We always want the best riders, so we hope Froome and Bernal will be in the Vuelta.

Calapaz was originally slated to defend his 2019 Giro d'Italia victory, but will undergo a transformation this season.

After team manager Dave Brailsford opted to swing Geraint Thomas to the Giro d'Italia and Chris Froome to the Vuelta a España, he will support Bernal in the Tour de France He was appointed to the Ineos Grenadiers team.

This year's Spanish Grand Tour will consist of only 17 stages and will run from Tuesday, October 20 to Sunday, November 8. It will be the final race on the World Tour calendar.

After Bernal abandoned the Tour de France due to fatigue and a back injury, Calapaz launched attacks on three consecutive stages. He was caught near the finish line on stage 17 and finished second on Thursday, arm-in-arm with teammate Michal Kwiatkowski.

Ineos Grenadiers refused to confirm whether Carapaz would race in the Vuelta, but several sources confirmed to Cyclingnews that the Ecuadorian climber would be at the start of the race in Irun, Basque Country.

Ineos Grenadier said he would support Froome in his comeback to racing after his catastrophic accident at the 2019 Criterium du Dauphiné so that he can once again target the Grand Tour title. However, he will leave the team in 2021 to join Israel's Startup Nation, which struggled to be competitive in the recent Tirreno-Adriatico. Karapas would be an effective alternative leader.

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