{"id":547938,"date":"2026-04-24T08:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/547938\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:33:08","slug":"its-far-more-aggressive-ineos-director-confident-of-winning-the-giro-ditalia-with-egan-bernal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/547938\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;It\u2019s far more aggressive&#8221; &#8211; Ineos director confident of winning the Giro d\u2019Italia with Egan Bernal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/racing\/weve-always-kept-the-belief-spirited-egan-bernal-looks-ready-to-take-on-the-giro-d-italia-with-thymen-arensman-for-ineos-grenadiers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">As reported by Cycling Weekly<\/a>, the British team\u2019s staff held firm faith in their leader, prioritising internal progression and recovery timelines over reacting to rivals\u2019 tactical moves.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard Basso, the team\u2019s sports director, stressed the value of this build-up, saying: \u201cWe\u2019re believing in the process for the Giro d\u2019Italia. The Tour of the Alps is part of that path and has been vital for us in the past as preparation, we focus on our work to try to arrive in the best possible condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Egan Bernal and Thymen Arensman set for the Giro d\u2019Italia<\/p>\n<p>That resolve translates into a shared strategy with Thymen Arensman, with whom Bernal will line up in Italy, reinforcing the team\u2019s bid to regain lost prominence in the general classification fight.<\/p>\n<p>Bernal\u2019s 2026 transformation goes beyond ticking off training wattages without overshooting. It also reflects a psychological adaptation to the varied demands of what the team calls \u201cthe new cycling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a landscape where outfits like Red Bull &#8211; BORA &#8211; hansgrohe or UAE Team Emirates -XRG set a fierce pace from kilometre zero, the Colombian\u2019s maturity stands as his best tactical weapon to manage efforts on days with heavy elevation gain.<\/p>\n<p>Basso was unequivocal assessing the sport\u2019s evolution and Egan\u2019s capacity to thrive at the current elite level, stating: \u201cWe\u2019ve seen different racing in recent years, it\u2019s far more aggressive and the action happens further and further from the finish line. It\u2019s a different sport, at least in part, and we must adapt to this new era.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ineos readapts to modern cycling<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, Ineos Grenadiers management downplays numeric comparisons with his pre-crash performance data, choosing instead to focus on the competitive hunger the rider continues to show on every mountain pass.<\/p>\n<p>The coach underlines that the decisive factor lies squarely in the athlete\u2019s mindset, noting: \u201cFrom my point of view, mentality is fundamental. If you keep that ambition, and Egan has shown it clearly in this race, you can push the limit. With the right mindset, you can break barriers every day, both in training and in competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the Giro d\u2019Italia on the horizon, a sharp and mentally strong Bernal promises a fierce duel against riders such as Jonas Vingegaard, Jo\u00e3o Almeida, Richard Carapaz, Tobias Lund Andresen or Giulio Pellizzari, placing the 2021 winner back among the podium favourites for a Grand Tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; As reported by Cycling Weekly, the British team\u2019s staff held firm faith in their leader, prioritising internal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,60069,20995,52999,101,110975,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-547938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-egan-bernal","10":"tag-giro-ditalia","11":"tag-ineos-grenadiers","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tour-of-the-alps","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}