Cycling, Bernal sensational: on his bike less than a week after breaking his collarbone

Rome, 25 February 2025 - Cyclists and their miraculous recoveries: Egan Bernal joins a saga already rich in episodes and protagonists, returning to his bike for training less than a week after breaking his collarbone.

Bernal's lightning-fast recovery and prospects for a comeback

It all started at the Clasica Jaen Paraiso Interior , a race in the final part of which the Colombian fell, suffering serious consequences that seemed to stop him for several weeks. Probably, speaking only of the races, things will go exactly like this, but in the meantime we must record the images collected by the editorial team of DirectVélo in which the Ineos Grenadiers rider appears intent on training in the Nice area, to be precise between La Grande Corniche and the Col d'Eze : all of this, last Sunday, therefore 6 days after the injury. In reality, when a broken collarbone is involved, a very common occurrence in cycling (the latest victim is called Niklas Behrens of Visma-Lease a Bike ), the recovery times are not very long, especially when it comes to returning to pedaling on the rollers. There is a world of difference between an indoor training session, without the stresses inevitably offered by the road, and a real one on the bike and therefore, in the case in question, Bernal 's injury was probably much less serious than initially feared. The fact is that the programs for the beginning of the season of the new Colombian champion in the road and time trial have been revolutionized, with last week's Vuelta a Andalucia having been sacrificed. At this point, given the flash recovery times, a very small glimmer of hope opens up for the Strade Bianche , scheduled for Saturday 8 March , which however, due to its characteristics, perhaps offers too much stress for a shoulder that is still battered despite the good will of the very generous Bernal . It is more likely that the latter will be able to recover in time for the Tirreno-Adriatico , scheduled from Monday 10 to Sunday 16 March , perhaps approached not with ambitions of the general classification but only to find the form he was in before the fall that occurred in the Clasica Jaen Paraiso Interior .

Van Poppel vs Uci

In the meantime, despite the UAE Tour 2025 being archived with the victory of Tadej Pogacar , there is an unexpected trail of controversy surrounding it, with Danny Van Poppel as the protagonist, who has already gone down in history despite himself for having received his first yellow card during the Tour Down Under 2025 due to an irregularity during a sprint: the second was given in the Emirati race and, apparently, is rather indigestible for the Dutchman, intercepted by the microphones of Cycling News . "Something had to change in cycling, which was becoming too dangerous. My frustration comes from the fact that I saw so many sprints deserving of a yellow card that were not punished. We need uniformity and perhaps a former rider who can help in evaluating the situation: there aren't any in the UCI and so we have no choice but to accept the situation".

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