Tour de France 2020: Bernal, the winner of the last edition, arrives this Sunday

Nothing will stop Egan Bernal on the road to a second victory in the Tour de France. In any case not the Covid-19 pandemic which continues to wreak havoc in South America. His country, Colombia, already has more than 100,000 infections and around 4,000 deaths according to official figures. The rise is still exponential, the country still not having reached its peak of the epidemic. Colombia has been in quarantine since March and this measure has just been extended until August 1, leaving a nation in chaos.

Travel between Colombia and Europe remains prohibited. Except for the Colombian champions, who will be able to come to Europe and to France. No worries, therefore, for the 2019 winner of the Grande Boucle, who will be at the start in Nice on August 29: "Egan will arrive in Europe on July 19," blows a source close to his Ineos team. The Federation and the Colombian government have worked together to make travel possible despite all restrictions. "

Colombians will all take the same flight

The Colombian riders, who are among the big favorites of this Tour de France which promises to be special, will travel by private plane and all together, whatever their team. Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic), who resumed training on Monday after being hit by a car, Egan Bernal (Ineos) and Rigoberto Uran (Pro Cycling) will board the same Colombian state-chartered flight on Sunday. They will land in Madrid, not without having undergone all the necessary tests, and will have to observe a quarantine period in the event of concern.

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Egan Bernal is not there yet. Everything seems to be going well for him. Ineos says that "he trains perfectly" and that "he is in resplendent form". This is not good news for his rivals, whom the Colombian knows many, as he said in an interview with the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo: “This Tour will be one of the most competitive in recent years. It is very long, everyone is going to play their cards and I am sure there will be a lot of strategy, because the race will be closed and there are a lot of candidates. "

To prepare for his arrival on the old continent, the Colombian has not changed his program: the Route d'Occitanie, from August 1 to 4, the Tour de l'Ain (August 7-9) and then the Critérium du Dauphiné (12 - August 16) before the big departure, in Nice, August 29.