Egan Bernal at La Route d'Occitanie (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)His Ineos team-mate Pavel Sivakov finished second while Chris Froome came 32nd, five minutes down
Wout van Aert and Annemiek van Vleuten (Getty)Only Wout van Aert and Brent Bookwalter posted quicker times, as the world champion put in a magnificent ride to defend her title
Dan Martin (Getty)The wheel tracks of many a young rider’s quest for pro success weave across France. Vern Pitt speaks to a selection of those who moved there to make them
