Former Tour de France champion Egan Bernal has won his first race since a horrific training accident in 2022. The 28-year-old Bernal won the time trial championship of his native Colombia on Thursday,

Former Tour de France champion Egan Bernal has won his first race since his life-threatening crash in 2022. Bernal, 28, of the British Ineos Grenadiers team, won the national individual time-trial championships in his native Colombia, beating Walter Vargas by seven seconds and Ineos team-mate Brandon Smith Rivera by 29 seconds.

Former Tour de France champion Egan Bernal on Thursday swept to his first victory since a 2022 horror crash which almost claimed his life.