Tag: tour de france

• Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 08:35 UTC

  Hero reception in Colombia for Bernal, winner of the Tour de France

  

  The Colombian city of Zipaquirá has welcomed home local hero Egan Bernal, 10 days after he won the Tour de France. Last month the 22-year-old became the first Colombian to win cycling's most prestigious race - and its youngest champion in 110 years. Thousands of people gathered in the town's central square as early as 05:00.

• Monday, July 29th 2019 - 13:22 UTC

  Bernal, 22, becomes the first Colombian to win the Tour de France

  

  Egan Bernal clinched victory in the Tour de France on Sunday, parading into Paris safely in the overall leader's yellow jersey, becoming the first Colombian winner of cycling's greatest prize and its youngest in more than a century.