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Bernal attacks

has bernal attacked

the TV images have been dropped

Has Bernal attacked yet

Yes

bernal attacks

I remember reading that besides his amazing watts, Bernal was surprisingly mature and coolheaded for his age.

Unfortunately for Evenepoel, he is such a sensation, that he and the sponsors wouldn’t have been happy for him to be a super domestique.

Compared to Sky/Ineos, where most of the winners have been domestiques (including Bernal) in grand tours before winning.
Except Carapaz, who ended up being a domestique after winning a grand tour...

These 10s of footage then freeze intervals are ace.

jaysus, Bernal absolutely motoring here

Bernal actually attacks!

He's riding like that Yates did a few years ago

Bernal giving Quintana vibes from his Giro win back in 2014 - just a level above everyone else in the race.

Bernal is ahead

Bernal seems to do pretty well in horrid cold wet weather...

But Teejay said Carthy would win the Giro today.....

Can't wait for them to all come across the line separated with no idea what happened in the last 10km

Sounds like the replay of the climb later may well be able to show the full story

Orla will update us.

So this is what "watching" the Giro must have been 100y ago

This descent will be filthy

Zipaquira and the area around it in Colombia where he's from and regularly trains is not usually as horrid as conditions are today but it does get pretty nippy and wet.

The Mercantour Classic is building to a gripping finale.

Bernal on rim brakes

it's like watching the footie scores on Teletext

Days like this you wonder why they don’t have a wiggins type on the Moro bike who could at least phone in updates, commentary, text feed etc when the footage goes.