Egan Bernal favoured to retain Tour title, but Roglic lurks
Injuries to both favourites fuel hopes that Frenchman Pinot could win the world’s greatest cycle race
26 August 2020 - 16:28
Nice — Champion Egan Bernal will start the Tour de France as the favourite and sole Ineos leader after a team shake-up, but Primoz Roglic leads the charge of the challengers.
Injuries to both the favourites have fuelled hopes that Thibaut Pinot, who was among the contenders in 2019 before a torn thigh muscle forced him to drop out, could become the first Frenchman to win the world’s greatest cycle race since Bernard Hinault in 1985...
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