Forget his age, Bernal is ready, says Brailsford


  • Cycling
  • Saturday, 06 Jul 2019

Cycling - Tour de France - Team INEOS News Conference - Brussels, Belgium - July 5, 2019 - Team INEOS rider Egan Bernal of Colombia attends a news conference. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Colombia's latest Tour de France contender Egan Bernal looks so young, one reporter asked him if he knew who Belgian great Eddie Merckx was on the eve of the Tour de France on Friday.

Considering the race starts in five-time champion Merckx's home city of Brussels on Saturday it was as well he said "yes".

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