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Bernal adds Giro d'Italia title to Tour de France win

(AP) — Colombian rider Egan Bernal Piazza Duomo celebrating Bernal's victory,
appears to have finally put his back many waving Colombia flags and wearing
problems behind him as he added the shirts of the country's soccer team.
Giro d'Italia title to his Tour de France
win on Sunday. Bernal's teammate, Filippo Ganna, won the
individual time trial despite a late puncture
Bernal, who won the Tour in 2019, safely after the Italian's closest rival, Rémi Cavag-
maintained his advantage on the final day's na, crashed with about 600 meters to go.
time trial to Milan. As tradition dictates, he
was last off the ramp and the Ineos Gren- "When I see the puncture, I think, 'Ah, to-
adiers rider had an overall lead of almost day unlucky, I lose the race'," Ganna said.
two minutes. "I changed the bike really well, really fast,
like a Formula One race, and then when I
Bernal completed the 30.3-kilometer crossed the line I think, 'OK, now will win
(18.8-mile) route in 35 minutes, 41 sec- Cavagna,' because he's a really good rider,
onds to clinch overall victory by 1:29, the really good time trial.
biggest margin of victory at the Giro since "In the end when I see his crash, I think,
2015. He pumped his hands above his head 'OK, we have played with the same cards, I
as he crossed the line in front of Milan's puncture and he's crashed,' and the result I
famous cathedral. think is the same without my puncture and
"It's difficult to realize what I've done. without his crash."
I have just won a Giro d'Italia. I have no Ganna was the favorite to triumph on the
words after what happened in these two 21st and final stage. He won the opening
years," said the 24-year-old Bernal, who time trial in Turin and all three time trials
has struggled with a lingering back injury in last year's Giro as well as another stage.
that forced him to abandon last year's Tour.
Ganna took the lead with a time of 33:48
Damiano Caruso was second overall, with but his chances of winning seemed precari-
Simon Yates completing the podium. Yates ous as he lost about 20 seconds when he
finished 4:15 behind Bernal. was forced to change bikes after the punc-
ture.
Bernal had worn the leader's pink jersey Cavagna looked set to beat his time but the
since claiming it by winning the ninth French time trial champion appeared to
stage with an attack on the summit finish. lock up his brakes at a corner and flipped
And, along with his team, he brilliantly de- over his bicycle as Ganna watched from the
fended it along the rest of the route to Mi- leader's hot seat.
lan, where he lifted the impressive Trofeo Cavagna got up unhurt and finished sec-
Senza Fine (never-ending trophy). ond, 12 seconds behind Ganna.
Edoardo Affini was third, a second further
"Yes, finally, this is my second Grand Tour back.
(win)," Bernal said. "I think in this moment
I look calm but inside I am exploding with "As a team, we brought home a beauti-
happiness. I've already won the Tour and ful result," Ganna said. "Egan Bernal did
now the Giro. something wonderful that has been built
"It is my first Giro, and it was very special, over these last three weeks.
the way we rode, the way I returned to be- "We worked hard to keep Egan always at
ing a player after nearly two years without the front of the peloton ... And to arrive
good form in a Grand Tour. So, I think it's today with the pink jersey and celebrate
special." tonight all together I think is a dream of
There were hundreds of fans in Milan's every team."

De Bruyne fractured nose,

eye socket in CL final

collision

(AP) — Kevin De Bruyne Dragao.
fractured his nose and eye
socket during Manchester De Bruyne provided an up-
City's Champions League date on his condition on
final loss to Chelsea with Sunday morning.
less than two weeks before
the start of the European "Hi guys just got back from
Championship. the hospital," he tweeted.
"My diagnosis is Acute nose
The 29-year-old Belgian bone fracture and left orbital
playmaker had to be replaced fracture. I feel okay now. Still
by Gabriel Jesus in the 60th disappointed about yester-
minute on Saturday follow- day obviously but we will be
ing a collision with Antonio back."
Rudiger.
The Chelsea defender was Belgium opens its Euro 2020
booked for the challenge campaign against Russia on
on De Bruyne, who left the June 12.
field in tears at the Estadio do