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MANCHESTER, England — Former Tour de France champion Egan Bernal is returning to cycling's biggest race for the first time since his life-threatening crash at the start of last year. The 26-year-old Colombian climber was selected Monday in the eight-man Ineos Grenadiers squad that will compete at the three-week Tour. The race starts Saturday in Bilbao, Spain. Bernal won the 2019 Tour. He said he was very close to becoming paralyzed after an accident involving a bus in January 2022 in Colombia during training.
