Bernal May Not Defend Tour Title In 2020

Colombian Tour winner awaits team game plan

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Egan Bernal has said he does not yet know if he will ride the 2020 Tour de France. The decision will be made by his Ineos team, which has a roster stacked with Grand Tour winners next year.

In sentiments that have been echoed by Ineos riders over the past couple of years, as their top riders compete for the leadership role at the Tour, the 22-year-old says his primary concern is doing what is best for the team as a whole.

“I will not make the decision [to ride the Tour] for fear of not being leader,” Bernal told Spanish newspaper AS “I will do it with the team. Nor was I the leader in the last edition and I won.”