2023-09-06 05:32:18
Egan Bernal could change teams at the end of this season. The Colombian runner is completing a more than considerable year after the spectacular accident he suffered in 2022, which was about to end his career. Bernal, who is currently running his second great of the year in the Vuelta a Españacould change of airs facing the next course.
This week the man from Zipaquirá has been linked to a team that is an old acquaintance for Colombians. The account of Puerto a Puertospecializing in cycling news and rumors, said this week that the Movistar Team would have Egan Bernal in its sights to incorporate it for the next season.
Egan would be inside the list of riders interested in the Spanish team in what would be one of the most interesting moves of the peloton. He would also not be the first Ineos rider to ‘touch’ Movistar, since in these months they had also left news of an interest in Carlos Rodríguez. Given the few possibilities of hiring the Spaniard, Movistar would have Egan Bernal on their radar for next year.
Until when does Egan Bernal have a contract with Ineos?
The Colombian runner, who is running the Vuelta a España with Ineos these days, precisely signed his renewal shortly before the accident That almost ended his career. A month before, he signed the contract with his team that binds him until 2026. In this agreement, he secured one of the best salaries in the peloton, within the top 5 in the world, with 2.8 million euros according to the magazine Football and Finance.
In it Ineos have also shown their confidence in Egan, after giving him all the facilities in his recovery and taking him to two great Tours this year. The Colombian for his part has assumed the role of gregarious, working for another leader in these races in which it is noticeable that the three weeks are still long. His 2023 has served as a year of recovery after the accident, but there are still doubts as to whether he will be able to reach the level of before.
The controversies of Colombians in Movistar
The Movistar team has been precisely one of the most committed to Colombians in recent years and currently has one of them, Einer Rubio, in its ranks. However, this does not mean that it has been a bed of roses. On the contrary, several disagreements of the beetles with the decisions of this team have been evident.
The last episode starred him Miguel Angel Superman Lopezwho he abandoned the Vuelta a España 2021 on his own against team orders. “Well, I’m staying here. It was a pleasure, gentlemen”was the famous phrase of the Colombian rider at the moment in which he declared himself in default and left his entire team in the penultimate stage after losing the podium options.
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Before him, Colombian public opinion had its problems against Movistar for Nairo Quintana. The boyacense reaped 39 wins in total with the Spanish squad -Giro 2014 and Vuelta a España 2016 among them-, but Colombian fans always discussed the decisions of the team led by Eudbeio Unzué in favor of the Spanish.
In recent years, that relationship has cooled even more and in Colombia they did not understand why they favored other riders like Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa. He Tour de Francia 2019 was the point of greatest tension and it was evident with the videomontage of the ‘reconciliation’ that he tried to sell the team and that was visible to all in the documentary of ‘The less thought day’with the well-known massage from Landa to Nairo.
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“If you are not comfortable in a place, it is very difficult to continue. If the feeling and happiness ends, it means that there is something to change”, was the farewell to Nairo Quintana with whom he left for Arkea at the end of that season. His words were answered by Eusebio Unzué, boss of Movistar: “A few years made a difference in the mountains. The fight against the clock separated him from bigger things, but he was always caressing them. He is not with us because we believe that his moment to fight for the great generals has passed.“.
How has Egan Bernal fared in the Vuelta a España 2023?
Egan Bernal dispute these days Tour of Spain with Ineos although in a very different role from the one he was used to, now as a gregarious for other bosses. The Colombian marches in the position 50 of the general more than 44 minutes from the head.
“I think everyone knows that things started to go wrong and that finally I wasn’t even close to my best level. However, it seems to me that up to this point I have had a good season because I was able to go to the Tour de France, I am here in the Vuelta and I have accumulated many days of racing in high-level competitions“Egan said this Monday on the rest day.
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