Cycling - Tour de France - Team INEOS Training - Brussels, Belgium - July 4, 2019 - Team INEOS riders Egan Bernal of Colombia and Geraint Thomas of Britain during training. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
PARIS (Reuters) - In the absence of injured four-times winner Chris Froome, all eyes will be on his 22-year-old Ineos team mate Egan Bernal to fill the void at the Tour de France.
Bernal, looking to become the first Colombian to win cycling's most prestigious race, has been promoted to Ineos co-leader after defending champion Geraint Thomas's preparations were hampered by a crash at the Tour de Suisse won by Bernal.
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