VIDEO | Egan Bernal's crash at Clasica Jaen Paraiso Interior that may have led to fractured collarbone
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Egan Bernal has had a dream start to 2025. For the first time since 2021 and his since his life-threatening crash, he won a race... Two actually, as he became Colombian national champion both on the time-trial and road race. Today he made his European season debut and looked in great form, but a crash has turned this dream into a nightmare.
AS Colombia has confirmed that inside the final 30 kilometers of today's race, in which Bernal's teammate Michal Kwiatkowski took the win, crashed and has suffered a collarbone fracture. It is a very painful day for fans of the Colombian climber who has looked very strong during the race, attacking several times and being part of the team's victory tactic.
UPDATE
The Spanish race has released a video of the fall that featured the rider in the white jersey. As Isaac del Toro attacked the final kilometers, the small group went through a downhill section that featured a narrow chicane. It would appear that the narrowing of the road led to a sudden breaking, and Bernal lost traction. Whilst the footage is largely hindered by the trees, it is fully possibly to see Bernal sliding several meters through the gravel road before coming to a stop.
🇨🇴 Queremos mandar muchos ánimos a @Eganbernal tras su caída hoy cuando se lanzaba a por el podio. 💚 ¡Pronta recuperación campeón!
— Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior (@ClasicaJaen) February 17, 2025
🙏 We want to send our best wishes for @Eganbernal after his crash today when he was going for the podium. 💚 Get well champ! #ClásicaJaén pic.twitter.com/Q2BlV8kexM
This poor guy can't catch a break, if anything, at least it's very early so he can recover. I'm hoping he does and has a great season.
This poor guy can't catch a break, if anything, at least it's very early so he can recover. I'm hoping he does and has a great season.
Well that truly sucks. Especially as he's been on such good form so far this year.
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- That made me smile Suipedali. Nice one!Cyclingsbestfan14-03-2025
- Even if Pogi has 5s on top of Poggio, he's getting caught on descent unfortunately. And it's extremely unlikely that he will have morevappaxbipmv14-03-2025
- If Pogi can drop him, then he will winabstractengineer14-03-2025
- In that sense, those two have less in common than the link you could make between demonstrators, right handers, Hinault and Merckx.Mistermaumau14-03-2025
- "He apparently thought it was completely fine." Nothing broken and no concussion, that's as completely fine as it gets in cyclingvappaxbipmv14-03-2025
- Better safe than sorry. At least his injuries are a lot less severe than they were last year.
santiagobenites14-03-2025 - Well spotted :-)Mistermaumau14-03-2025
- One thing Jonas Vingegaard has in common with Hinault is that they are moaners, although I couldn't see Jonas giving a demonstrator a right hander!Suipedali14-03-2025
- They are surprisingly rare on the pro circuit, around our area, one in four races finishes of with a really steep 500m climb at the end.Mistermaumau14-03-2025
- Give him an uphill sprint, then he may win against pure sprinters.
KerisVroom14-03-2025