Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 15 - Lyon to Grand Colombier - France - September 13, 2020. Team INEOS Grenadiers rider Egan Bernal of Colombia REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/Pool
COL DU GRAND COLOMBIER, France (Reuters) - Defending champion Egan Bernal was at a loss to explain the brutal failure that ruled him out of contention on the Tour de France in the 15th stage on Sunday.
The 23-year-old Colombian was suddenly dropped by the main group of favourites in the ascent to the Col du Grand Colombier, a 17.4-km effort at an average gradient of 7.1%, and he never managed to fight his way back, losing 7:20 on the line.
