{"id":1312914,"date":"2019-07-28T23:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T05:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/a-star-is-born-at-the-tour-22-year-old-champ-bernal\/"},"modified":"2019-07-28T23:24:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T05:24:00","slug":"a-star-is-born-at-the-tour-22-year-old-champ-bernal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/a-star-is-born-at-the-tour-22-year-old-champ-bernal\/","title":{"rendered":"A star is born at the Tour: 22-year-old champ Bernal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.973072939784\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-985090-94\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Tour de France winner Colombia's Egan Bernal celebrates on the podium after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Christophe Ena)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Tour de France winner Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal celebrates on the podium after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Christophe Ena)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d.jpg\" alt=\"Tour de France winner Colombia's Egan Bernal celebrates on the podium after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Christophe Ena)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | A boy sells yellow jerseys at the main square in the hometown of cyclist Egan Bernal as a crowd gathers to watch on a giant screen the last stage of the Tour de France in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Bernal became the first Colombian to win the cycling's biggest race. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>A boy sells yellow jerseys at the main square in the hometown of cyclist Egan Bernal as a crowd gathers to watch on a giant screen the last stage of the Tour de France in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Bernal became the first Colombian to win the cycling&#8217;s biggest race. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-1.jpg\" alt=\"A boy sells yellow jerseys at the main square in the hometown of cyclist Egan Bernal as a crowd gathers to watch on a giant screen the last stage of the Tour de France in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Bernal became the first Colombian to win the cycling's biggest race. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Colombia's Egan Bernal, the winner, center, Britain's Geraint Thomas, who placed second, left, and the Netherlands' Steven Kruijswijk, third, stand on the podium of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"21\">\n<p><strong>Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal, the winner, center, Britain&#8217;s Geraint Thomas, who placed second, left, and the Netherlands&#8217; Steven Kruijswijk, third, stand on the podium of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-2.jpg\" alt=\"Colombia's Egan Bernal, the winner, center, Britain's Geraint Thomas, who placed second, left, and the Netherlands' Steven Kruijswijk, third, stand on the podium of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Colombia's Egan Bernal stands on the podium after winning the 2019 Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal stands on the podium after winning the 2019 Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-3.jpg\" alt=\"Colombia's Egan Bernal stands on the podium after winning the 2019 Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | A cycling fan looks at a giant screen broadcasting live the final stage of the Tour de France in the hometown of Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal, in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Bernal became the first Colombian to win the cycling's biggest race. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>A cycling fan looks at a giant screen broadcasting live the final stage of the Tour de France in the hometown of Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal, in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Bernal became the first Colombian to win the cycling&#8217;s biggest race. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-4.jpg\" alt=\"A cycling fan looks at a giant screen broadcasting live the final stage of the Tour de France in the hometown of Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal, in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Bernal became the first Colombian to win the cycling's biggest race. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Tour de France winner Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey embraces relative after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Christophe Ena)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Tour de France winner Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader&#8217;s yellow jersey embraces relative after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Christophe Ena)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-5.jpg\" alt=\"Tour de France winner Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey embraces relative after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Christophe Ena)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Colombia's Egan Bernal, the winner, center, Britain's Geraint Thomas, who placed second, left, and the Netherlands' Steven Kruijswijk, third, stand on the podium of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"21\">\n<p><strong>Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal, the winner, center, Britain&#8217;s Geraint Thomas, who placed second, left, and the Netherlands&#8217; Steven Kruijswijk, third, stand on the podium of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-6.jpg\" alt=\"Colombia's Egan Bernal, the winner, center, Britain's Geraint Thomas, who placed second, left, and the Netherlands' Steven Kruijswijk, third, stand on the podium of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-7-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-7.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, center, rides past the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"2.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"16\">\n<p><strong>Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader&#8217;s yellow jersey, center, rides past the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-7.jpg\" alt=\"Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, center, rides past the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-8-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-8.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Colombia's Egan Bernal stands on the podium with the trophy after winning the 2019 Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal stands on the podium with the trophy after winning the 2019 Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-8.jpg\" alt=\"Colombia's Egan Bernal stands on the podium with the trophy after winning the 2019 Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-9-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-9.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Fans celebrate as they watch a giant screen broadcasting live Egan Bernal winning the final stage of the Tour de France, in his hometown of Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Bernal became the first Colombian cyclist to win the cycling's biggest race. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Fans celebrate as they watch a giant screen broadcasting live Egan Bernal winning the final stage of the Tour de France, in his hometown of Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Bernal became the first Colombian cyclist to win the cycling&#8217;s biggest race. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-9.jpg\" alt=\"Fans celebrate as they watch a giant screen broadcasting live Egan Bernal winning the final stage of the Tour de France, in his hometown of Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Bernal became the first Colombian cyclist to win the cycling's biggest race. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-10-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-10.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey smiles as he crosses the finish line with Britain's Geraint Thomas after winning the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader&#8217;s yellow jersey smiles as he crosses the finish line with Britain&#8217;s Geraint Thomas after winning the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-10.jpg\" alt=\"Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey smiles as he crosses the finish line with Britain's Geraint Thomas after winning the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-11-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-11.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Alvaro Bernal, grandfather of cyclist Egan Bernal, watches a giant screen broadcasting live the final stage of the Tour de France at his hometown in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Bernal became the first Colombian to win the cycling's biggest race. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"15\">\n<p><strong>Alvaro Bernal, grandfather of cyclist Egan Bernal, watches a giant screen broadcasting live the final stage of the Tour de France at his hometown in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Bernal became the first Colombian to win the cycling&#8217;s biggest race. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-11.jpg\" alt=\"Alvaro Bernal, grandfather of cyclist Egan Bernal, watches a giant screen broadcasting live the final stage of the Tour de France at his hometown in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Bernal became the first Colombian to win the cycling's biggest race. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-12-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-12.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Cyclists have breakfast after a morning ride and before going to the main square of the hometown of cyclist Egan Bernal to watch on a giant screen the final stage of the Tour de France in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Barring a crash or a last-minute health issue Bernal will become the first Colombian to win the cycling's biggest race when the Tour de France ends on Paris' Champs-Elysees on Sunday. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Cyclists have breakfast after a morning ride and before going to the main square of the hometown of cyclist Egan Bernal to watch on a giant screen the final stage of the Tour de France in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Barring a crash or a last-minute health issue Bernal will become the first Colombian to win the cycling&#8217;s biggest race when the Tour de France ends on Paris&#8217; Champs-Elysees on Sunday. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-12.jpg\" alt=\"Cyclists have breakfast after a morning ride and before going to the main square of the hometown of cyclist Egan Bernal to watch on a giant screen the final stage of the Tour de France in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Barring a crash or a last-minute health issue Bernal will become the first Colombian to win the cycling's biggest race when the Tour de France ends on Paris' Champs-Elysees on Sunday. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-13-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-13.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Alvaro Bernal, grandfather of cyclist Egan Bernal, celebrates as he watches a giant screen broadcasting live the final stage of the Tour de France at his hometown in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Bernal became the first Colombian to win the cycling's biggest race. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"2.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"16\">\n<p><strong>Alvaro Bernal, grandfather of cyclist Egan Bernal, celebrates as he watches a giant screen broadcasting live the final stage of the Tour de France at his hometown in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Bernal became the first Colombian to win the cycling&#8217;s biggest race. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-13.jpg\" alt=\"Alvaro Bernal, grandfather of cyclist Egan Bernal, celebrates as he watches a giant screen broadcasting live the final stage of the Tour de France at his hometown in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Bernal became the first Colombian to win the cycling's biggest race. (AP Photo\/Ivan Valencia)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-14-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-14.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | POOL EPA | Colombia's Egan Bernal, center, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey passes-by the pyramid of the Louvre museum with the pack during the 21st and final stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128km between Rambouillet and the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday July 28, 2019. (Julien de Rosa\/Pool Photo via AP)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"15\">\n<p><strong>Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal, center, wearing the overall leader&#8217;s yellow jersey passes-by the pyramid of the Louvre museum with the pack during the 21st and final stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128km between Rambouillet and the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday July 28, 2019. (Julien de Rosa\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/strong><br \/>AP | POOL EPA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-14.jpg\" alt=\"Colombia's Egan Bernal, center, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey passes-by the pyramid of the Louvre museum with the pack during the 21st and final stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128km between Rambouillet and the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday July 28, 2019. (Julien de Rosa\/Pool Photo via AP)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-15-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-15.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey and France's Romain Bardet wearing the best climber's dotted jersey ride in the pack during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader&#8217;s yellow jersey and France&#8217;s Romain Bardet wearing the best climber&#8217;s dotted jersey ride in the pack during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-15.jpg\" alt=\"Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey and France's Romain Bardet wearing the best climber's dotted jersey ride in the pack during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-16-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-16.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Tour de France winner Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey stands on the podium after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Tour de France winner Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader&#8217;s yellow jersey stands on the podium after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-16.jpg\" alt=\"Tour de France winner Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey stands on the podium after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-17-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-17.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Best team Movistar stand on the podium after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Best team Movistar stand on the podium after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-17.jpg\" alt=\"Best team Movistar stand on the podium after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-18-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-18.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | POOL L'Equipe | Colombia's Egan Bernal, the winner, center, Britain's Geraint Thomas, who placed second, left, and the Netherlands' Steven Kruijswijk, third, stand on the podium of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (Stephane Mantey, Pool Photo via AP)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"5.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"22\">\n<p><strong>Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal, the winner, center, Britain&#8217;s Geraint Thomas, who placed second, left, and the Netherlands&#8217; Steven Kruijswijk, third, stand on the podium of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (Stephane Mantey, Pool Photo via AP)<\/strong><br \/>AP | POOL L&#8217;Equipe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-18.jpg\" alt=\"Colombia's Egan Bernal, the winner, center, Britain's Geraint Thomas, who placed second, left, and the Netherlands' Steven Kruijswijk, third, stand on the podium of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (Stephane Mantey, Pool Photo via AP)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-19-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-19.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Tour de France winner Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey drinks after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Tour de France winner Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader&#8217;s yellow jersey drinks after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-19.jpg\" alt=\"Tour de France winner Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey drinks after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-20-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-20.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey waves as he arrives for the start of the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79,53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"15\">\n<p><strong>Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader&#8217;s yellow jersey waves as he arrives for the start of the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79,53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-20.jpg\" alt=\"Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey waves as he arrives for the start of the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79,53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-21-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-21.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, France's Romain Bardet wearing the best climber's dotted jersey, Slovakia's Peter Sagan wearing the best sprinter's green jersey and France's Julian Alaphilippe ride during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79,53miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"3\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"17\">\n<p><strong>Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader&#8217;s yellow jersey, France&#8217;s Romain Bardet wearing the best climber&#8217;s dotted jersey, Slovakia&#8217;s Peter Sagan wearing the best sprinter&#8217;s green jersey and France&#8217;s Julian Alaphilippe ride during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79,53miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/France_Cycling_Tour_de_France_15441-78e1d-21.jpg\" alt=\"Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, France's Romain Bardet wearing the best climber's dotted jersey, Slovakia's Peter Sagan wearing the best sprinter's green jersey and France's Julian Alaphilippe ride during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79,53miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/a-star-is-born-at-the-tour-22-year-old-champ-bernal\/?#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/a-star-is-born-at-the-tour-22-year-old-champ-bernal\/?#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">PARIS \u2014 The skies over Paris were yellow, ignited by a glorious golden sunset.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The partying fans\u2019 shirts were yellow, Colombians making themselves at home on the Champs-Elysees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">But the yellow that counted most was the iconic jersey that fit so snugly on the slim shoulders of Egan Bernal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">His crowning Sunday as the Tour de France\u2019s youngest post-World War II champion, and its first from South America, heralded the birth of a new supernova in the cycling universe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Winning a Tour for the ages at the unusually young age of 22 immediately prompted the question: How many more might he win?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Get this: He\u2019s younger than the Tour\u2019s greatest champions \u2014 five-time winners Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain \u2014 all were when they were first crowned. Pity those in the peloton who also hope to win future editions of cycling\u2019s greatest race: They could be in for quite a wait.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI am the most happy guy in the world. I just won the Tour de France, and, yeah, I can\u2019t believe it,\u201d Bernal said, looking bemused on the podium in the race winner\u2019s jersey and silhouetted by the splendid sunset.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The slightly built Colombian with a killer instinct on the road proved to be the strongest of the 176 strong men who roared off from the start in Brussels, Belgium, on July 6 on their 3,366-kilometer (2,092-mile) odyssey that delivered the most absorbing, drama-packed Tour in decades and confirmation that the prodigy Bernal is the real deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Riding a yellow bike, and cheered by Colombian fans who were partying even before he rattled up the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysees, Bernal crossed the line with his teammate Geraint Thomas, the 2018 champion who this year finished second. Steven Kruijswijk completed what Tour organizers said was the tightest podium in the 116-year history of the race, with just 1 minute, 31 seconds separating first and third places after three weeks of racing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The 21st and final stage was won in a sprint finish on the famous avenue by Australian Caleb Ewan, the dominant sprinter of his first Tour with three stage wins. Keeping with race tradition on its final day, the 155 riders who survived the Tour rode at a pedestrian pace and in a joyful atmosphere before hitting the Champs-Elysees. Bernal chatted with French rival Julian Alaphilippe and raised a glass of champagne as he rode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At the finish, Bernal fell into the arms of his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI cannot believe it. It\u2019s just incredible. I am sorry. I have no words,\u201d he said through a translator. \u201cI still can\u2019t understand what is happening to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Tearful Colombians celebrated their new hero.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWhen I saw that he won, I said, \u2018I need to go with my music to support him,\u2019\u201d said clarinet-playing Colombian fan Sebastian Cortes, who traveled from Strasbourg in eastern France for the celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">But millions of French fans who had lined the roads through east, central and southern France, and up into the thinning air of the Pyrenees and Alps, were ruing a bitter-sweet Tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">First, their hearts soared with fabulous racing from French riders Alaphilippe, who held the iconic yellow jersey for 14 days, and Thibaut Pinot, who won on the first of seven 2,000-meter-plus (6,500-feet) peaks scaled by the highest Tour in history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">But joy turned to sorrow when Alaphilippe and Pinot\u2019s prospects of becoming France\u2019s first winner since Hinault in 1985 were cruelly dashed just two days before the grand finale in Paris, on an epic Stage 19 where Mother Nature became a party-pooping guest. An almighty dump of torrential rain and hail severed the Tour route just as Bernal was succeeding in ripping the race lead off Alaphilippe, who\u2019d clung to it like a kid with a favorite toy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cJulian Alaphilippe made us dream,\u201d said Celestin Simon, a Parisian who cheered his hero on the Champs-Elysees in a pointy hat of French red, white and blue. \u201cUnfortunately, there\u2019s no victory at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Alaphilippe, more than anyone, first ignited and then stoked what will long be remembered as a Tour of fireworks . With his goatee beard and can\u2019t-catch-me attacks that rivals couldn\u2019t match, Alaphilippe embodied \u201cpanache ,\u201d the old-school class so cherished by Tour fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Alaphilippe\u2019s enterprise first put him in yellow in Champagne country on Stage 3 and then, after he lost the lead on Stage 6, got him the jersey back on Stage 8, which he held through the Pyrenees and into the Alps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">And it was there that Bernal, raised at altitude in Colombia and at home in thinner air, struck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Bernal flew up the Tour\u2019s highest climb, the dizzying Iseran pass at 2,770 meters (9,088-feet) above sea level, demolishing what remained of Alaphilippe\u2019s lead on Stage 19 and building a sizeable one of his own .<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The watch was then stopped, with Bernal way ahead, when the hailstorm suddenly coated the route with ice, amid fears that riders on tires barely wider than their thumbs could skid off into the rock- and ravine-scarred Alpine decor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Compounding the misery for France, Pinot abandoned the race in tears, hobbled by a left-thigh muscle tear .<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">And that was that. The Tour that had been careening to a rock \u2018n\u2019 roll finish instead had the plug pulled on it. Landslides also truncated the last Alpine Stage 20, which still proved too long for the by-now exhausted Alaphilippe, who slipped off the podium entirely, despite getting words of encouragement in a call the previous night from French President Emmanuel Macron.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Thomas used the last Alpine climb to secure the runner-up spot in Paris, giving the Ineos team a podium 1-2 with Bernal. Third-placed Kruijswijk, a Dutch Mr. Steady, pulled off the feat of being wholly unremarkable during the three weeks, while Alaphilippe, Pinot and Bernal and others rocked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Quite remarkably, none of the top four riders won a stage. Alaphilippe, in fifth, won two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cHonestly, I prefer having won two stages and 14 days in yellow than doing nothing and finishing third,\u201d Alaphilippe said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">So instead of a red-white-and-blue celebration, Paris got painted in Colombian red, blue and yellow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Lots and lots of yellow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">More Tour de France coverage: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/TourdeFrance\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/TourdeFrance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/a-star-is-born-at-the-tour-22-year-old-champ-bernal\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tour de France winner Colombia&#8217;s Egan Bernal celebrates on the podium after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53 miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. 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