MADRID, 10 One. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal, winner of the Tour de France in 2019 and the Giro d’Italia in 2021, has renewed his contract with INEOS for five more years, so he will ride until the end of 2026 with the British team.
“INEOS Grenadiers are excited to announce that Egan Bernal has renewed his contract with the team and has agreed to a new five-year contract which means that he will remain with the team until at least the end of 2026,” INEOS said on Monday in a release.
“It is very important for me to sign this new contract. I am very happy in this team and now I am signing for my most important years. They will be my best years and I want to spend this time with this team,” Bernal said.
The Colombian acknowledged that he “really wants to go back to the Tour”, which he did not play in 2021 to run the Giro. “It seems like a long time since I’ve been on the Tour, so I’m very excited for this year. I want to come back after having prepared really well, having a good team and being there to really enjoy the race,” he warned .
For his part, the team’s deputy director, Rod Ellingworth, recalled that they have seen the Colombian “really grow in the last four years.” “He has shown time and again that he is a phenomenal talent. He has also shown that, in challenging moments, he has a great amount of courage to get up and start over. This season is going to be tremendously competitive and Egan and the whole team are motivated to go with everything and fight, “he remarked.