Cycling, Bernal suffers a broken collarbone

Rome, 18 February 2025 - No time to celebrate the return to victory after a long fast 1348 days that for Egan Bernal the doors of the infirmary reopen and another stop: the 'incriminated' race is the Classic Jaén Paraiso Interior, won by teammate Michal Kwiatkowski before Juan Del Toro.  

Bernal's Conditions and His Statements

  The Colombian fell on the descent just to try to stay in the wake of the Mexican, with just over 10 km to go. The medical bulletin of the Ineos Grenadiers was not long in coming. "Following a thorough assessment carried out this evening in hospital following the accident at Classic Jaén Paraiso Interior, Egan has been diagnosed with a broken collarbone. He will remain under the expert care of our medical team and a comprehensive recovery plan will be implemented to aid his return to training and racing." The British team have not commented on a recovery time, but presumably from the programme Bernal the very first engagements will be cancelled: above all the Tour of Andalusia but also the Strade Bianche , Tirreno-Adriatico, which is a real shame for his many Italian admirers. The same new national champion in road and time trial he then commented on the latest setback in his career. "I'm sorry for the accident, but at the same time the way I felt during the race gave me confidence and motivation to continue working hard." In fact, in the last three years Bernal he has experienced much worse than a 'simple' fracture to the collarbone, the Achilles heel of runners, but the annoyance of a setback remains, which immediately puts uphill what should be the season of his relaunch, with in particular the Giro d'Italia 2025 in the crosshairs as captain of the Ineos Grenadiers.

Bahrain Victorious on the hunt for sponsors

  Meanwhile, to the microphones of Daniel Benson, the Bahrain Victorious announces that it is looking for new sponsors: word from the general manager Milan Erzen. "We are currently working with an agency that looks after our interests. We have already had some conversations, but nothing special has happened so far: we are waiting for news". A few words that confirm the desire to grow of the Bahraini team, which at the end of the 2025 should greet the various Damian Caruso, Jack Haig, Matej Mohoric e Fred Wright: to try to retain some of this group or try to procure new talents, additional resources will be needed, also made necessary by the general increase in team costs World Tour, whose average budget this season has risen to 32 million. Too many for a team that has remained a bit halfway in terms of investments but, as clearly stated by ores, eager to give further impetus to its ambitions at the end of this 2025 crucial for the ranking too UCI.

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