COL DU GRAND COLOMBIER, France (Reuters) - Defending champion Egan Bernal was at a loss to explain the brutal failure that ruled him out of contention on the Tour de France in the 15th stage on Sunday. "I really don't think the podium is an option, I don't even know how far behind I finished," an exhausted Bernal told reporters after his 174.5-km ordeal in the Jura mountains. Bernal had been struggling since the beginning of the Tour and Sunday came as a terrible confirmation of his shortcomings. "There's no excuses, I tried to fuel my body in the best way possible, but I don’t know, I didn’t have the legs. "It's not the best way to start the Tour, I've had back pains everyday but it's more the legs that are a problem, it's something I have to look into," he said.

Source: The Star September 13, 2020 17:37 UTC