Egan Bernal would already have a date for his return to competition: he would face Richard Carapaz

Egan Bernal He is working hard on his recovery and is confident he will be back on the road soon. The rider of INEOS Grenadiershe suffered a crash during the first stage of the Vuelta a San Juan and although he was able to play another three fractions in Argentina, he finally had to leave the competition. Discomfort in his left knee continued over the days and prevented him from participating in national road races and the Vuelta a Andalucía.

La Vuelta a San Juan was on the Bogota rider’s calendar as the first big challenge and although he finished fourth overall he was unable to continue in the race and the Colombian Miguel Angel Lopez he ended up with the win. Then the cyclist had to be present in the elite road test of the national championships that took place in Bucaramanga, and although the Beetle came to train in the capital of Santander, he made the decision with his team not to not participate in the race and Esteban Chavez he kept the title.

Even if everything indicated that his return was going to take place in the Back to Andalusia and this was even confirmed by the organization, finally he could not be present and was replaced by the Frenchman Pavel Sivakov. This competition had a particular hue for Bernal because he was going to face the double champion of the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar. The Slovenian, who is among the strong favorites for the title, won the first two stages of the Spanish race and is the current leader of the general classification, 48 seconds behind Colombian cyclist, Santiago Buitrago.

The cyclist from Bogotá has been focused on recovering his knee and in several posts on his social networks he has revealed details of how he has been working to recover again. Although the date of his return has not been set, everything seems to indicate that the INEOS Grenadiers team have already made a decision on whether he will return to the road and could reunite with one of his former team-mates and one of the strongest runners today, the Ecuadorian. To install Richard Carapaz.

It is Laigueglia Trophy, a (one-day) European classic set in Italy. The Colombian runner appears as one of the INEOS Grenadiers runners who will be racing alongside Carlos Rodríguez, Leo Hayter and Michael Kwiatowski. The race will have a distance of 201.3 kilometers and will take place on Wednesday March 1 of 2023.

This race, which has been running since 1964, had only one Colombian as the winner and that was the runner Jose Serpawinner in 2014 ahead of the German Patrick Sinkewitz and the Italian Andrea Pasqualon. Miguel Angel Rubiano was a finalist in 2012, while Egan Bernal He also finished second in 2021 and on that occasion he lost to Dutchman Bouke Mollema.

Although the complete lists of riders who will be present in the race have not been defined, there are already some names of those who will participate and there are several who stand out for their careers as Benoit Cosnefroy, Rui Costa, Thibaut Pinot, Bouke Mollema and Ecuadorian To install Richard Carapaz.

Although this has not been confirmed by the team and his participation in the Italian classic will depend on his physical condition, the rider would also participate in two other races in March. He treats the Paris-Nicewhich he already won in 2019, then he would face a significant challenge as one Back to Catalonia and the current holder of the title is also the Colombian Sergio Andrés Higuita.