The Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal, winner of stage 16 of the Tour of Spain 2025.
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Egan Bernal won the 2019 Tour of France and the Italy 2021. However, his triumph on Tuesday in stage 16 of the Tour of Spain 2025 is the one he has enjoyed the most.
After having reached glory going up to the highest step of the podium in Paris, the Cundinamarqués cyclist seemed to be aimed at becoming one of the greatest pedalists of all time.
However, in very very accident at the beginning of 2022, it ends up with his life. His first miracle was to survive. The doctors predicted that, due to the seriousness of the injuries, it would hardly walk again.
His second miracle was to stand up and the third, months later, get on a bicycle again. In 2023 I was already competing again at the World Tour.
He returned to the elite and made good presentations, but the level of his rivals had improved a lot. It was hard for him to follow the wheel, get on their side, be among the best.
But faithful to his style, he kept fighting, he never gave up. He had important results and little by little he recovered confidence, but this Wednesday, September 9, he really caressed the glory.
In a stage cut eight kilometers by blockades starring proper protesters, Egan got into a leak and after several attacks he was at the end of the career next to the Spanish Mikel Landa, which he exceeded in the final packaging.
He stops, is a triumph that confirms his talents, his perseverance and his character. The ratification that it is one of the best in the world. And for Colombia, the 39th victory since the tricolor flag began to argue in the Iberian round.
Antonio 'Tomate' Agudelo, the first winner
The first triumph of a beetle occurred in the seventh fraction of the 1985 edition and was achieved by Antioqueño Antonio 'Tomate' Agudelo. Since then, Colombians with more partial triumphs have been Francisco 'Pacho' Rodríguez, Félix 'Gato' Cárdenas, Santiago Botero and Miguel Ángel 'Superman' López, all with three celebrations.
Of course, the maximum joys for our country in the Vuelta were the general titles of Luis Alberto 'El Jardinerito' Herrera in 1987 and Nairo Quintana, in 2016. Fabio Parra finished second in 1989, while 'Pacho' Rodríguez (1985), Óscar de J. Vargas (1989), Esteban Chaves (2016) and Miguel Ángel López (2018) were third. In Spain, Colombia has also achieved six mountain titles and two of the young people.
The most recent partial victory had been that of Juan Sebastián Molano, in Zaragoza, in 2023.
Better performances from Colombia in the Tour of Spain
1997 Lucho Herrera, champion
2016 Nairo Quintaba, champion
1989 Fabio Parra, second
1985 'Pacho' Rodríguez, third
1989 Óscar de J. Vargas, third
2016 Esteban Chaves, third
2018 Miguel Ángel López, third
Stage victories: 39
First: 1985, Antonio 'Tomate' Agudelo
More recent: 2025, Egan Bernal
More stage winners (three each)
'Pacho' Rodríguez
Félix Cárdenas
Santiago Botero
Miguel Ángel López
Mountain Champions
Lucho Herrera (1987 and 1989)
Félix Cárdenas (2003 and 2004)
Oscar of J. Vargas (1989)
Martín Farfán (1990)
Youth Champions
Oscar of J. Vargas (1989)
Nairo Quintana (2016)
First participation
Gitness Jiménez (1974)
Cyclists with more participations (eight each)
Carlos Mario Jaramillo
Rigoberto Uran
Esteban Chaves
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