PARIS: Egan Bernal warned rivals on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that defending his Tour de France title remains his “big 2020 goal” despite the competing attraction of the Tokyo Olympics which follows quickly in the slipstream of the world’s greatest cycling race.

In 2019, Bernal became the youngest post-war champion on the Tour at 22 and this year will share Team Ineos’ assault alongside 2018 champion Geraint Thomas and possibly even four-time winner Chris Froome.

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