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TOUR DE FRANCE

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One of cycling's biggest talents, in 2021 Egan Bernal the Colombian who made history at the Tour de France becoming the first LatinAmerican to win it and all Colombia celebrates

In one of the most difficult cycling competitions in the world, specifically the Tour de France has been one of the challenges for fans of the sport, but this time the Colombian Egan Bernal was the conqueror of this tour becoming the youngest person in 110 years to win a tour wearing the yellow shirt as a symbol of his victory, also gave an important turn to his country that stood out for its past and history to become one of the most prominent countries in the sport after Nairo Quintana.

Egan Arley Bernal Gomezstarted cycling with the encouragement of his father, himself a road cyclist. At the age of 5, the young Egan was already showing an important mastery of bikes sport, although he waited until he was 14 to make his debut in mountain biking as a member of different professional and amateur teams. It was there that he got his first successes.

However, in Colombia the sport is not very supported by the government and reaching these triumphs is a task that makes it more difficult, besides Colombia’s history has marked not only the country but also the world in relation to the low stereotype of drugs.  As Egan mentioned "In Colombia, we have many social problems and my victory in the Tour was able to give them a break and inspire many people. Sport unites us and provides opportunities for many of our compatriots. It motivates me to do things well for Colombia."

Consequently, the difficult conditions in which Egan started made him take the victory of different competitions, among those the mountains surrounding Zipaquira, the weather and the conditions of the roads where Egan started to compete was what led him to a victory in the Tour.

As a result, in the year 2019 started of a new great cycling and the rider from Zipaquira won his first grand tour and took the victory after 21 demanding days, he completed the Tour de France in 82 hours and 57 minutes becoming the first Colombian and the youngest Latin American to take home the title.

Bernal from asking money to earning more than 500,000 euros for his Tour de France victory reflects the effort and sweat of working to achieve goals with the little support he had for his victory, Bernal came into this Tour de France as one of the favorites to be the best young man in the competition.

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