The Grand Colombier eliminates Bernal and buries the glorious era of Ineos

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Egan Bernal, sandwiched between Kwiatkowski and Castroviejo, advanced through

drawing with his tubular the story of a sinking.

And while those who should have been his rivals were moving away hopelessly but little by little, because that is the cruel way that cycling has of punishing those who honor it, the Colombian muttered his debacle, outlining grimaces of frustration and impotence in his dry mouth .

The Tour was leaving and he, defender of the crown, was left behind, bearing on his shoulders the responsibility of the end of an era of domination and tyranny of the Ineos, formerly Sky.

Game over.

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Empires always fall as they live, with noise and pain, leaving behind a powerful iconography and a trail of nostalgia as a testament.

Just as humiliating is his defeat as were his past victories.

After

, with the sole exception of 2014, in which a crash took Froome out of the race, the Grand Colombier this Sunday became the grave of Ineos.

Bernal fainted, there is nothing, because Carapaz was caught off-foot by this Tour and the falls left Sivakov out of the game from day one.

Thomas and Froome left the lineup to reinforce the Colombian's leadership and the bet has failed with a crash.

Giving up our British identity for this, Sir Dave Brailsford will now think, forced to manage failure for the first time.

With 7'20 "lost at the finish line, the Colombian

. Getting to the 'top10' is the only realistic goal he has left. And maybe not even that, since the 10th, Dumoulin, takes three minutes out of him. . The mere fact of writing it is implausible. Bernal was a victim of the same medicine with which his squad has vaccinated the entire squad during these long years of tyranny. The asphyxiating rhythm imposed by Roglic's Jumbo since the stage started blew him away It was Van Aert who was leading the group of the best when the Colombian exploded, at the same time as a minimized Quintana after his fall two days before, the Colombian alliance proposed by the Arkéa team transformed into a national funeral.

The Jumbo Train

The yellow crusher was hardly fazed, following the plan set for one of the two toughest days of this Tour, with two first-rate ports and the special category Grand Colombier practically linked in a very tough up and down.

The Jumbo followed with its train of death, first Gesinik, then Van Aert, then Bennett and finally Dumoulin.

Because the Roglic team is so abundant that it indulges in luxuries such as dispensing with Kuss, who made the last ascent to the wheel of its leader and only appeared in the final meters, to prepare for the final sprint.

During the final seven kilometers, Dumoulin set a pace that blocked any possible attack.

Yates was the only one who tried, but gave up when he saw the Dutchman's strength.

Landa and Mas held on, also his second swords, Bilbao and Valverde, only four choked when Roglic made the expected attack 600 meters from the finish line.

It is difficult to understand how, faced with such superiority over all, perhaps Pogacar and Porte saved, the Slovenian does not move before.

Your reasons will have.

His young compatriot and the Australian responded to the blast.

Also López, who on this Tour is being more cerebral and conservative than usual and his results are grateful.

In the end, it was Porte who launched himself over the finish line, with just 300 meters to go, being overtaken by Pogacar and Roglic.

In the last effort, Matxin's pupil was stronger and scored his second victory on this Tour.

And incidentally confirmed that this Tour will be a heads-up between Slovenians, between the leader Roglic and him.

Because the third great name, that of Bernal, fell down the ramps of the Grand Colombier, the port that will forever be the one where an era came to an end.

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