Cycling-小旅行する de フラン 勝利者 Bernal gets hero's welcome in hometown
ZIPAQUIRA, Colombia Aug 7 (Reuters) - Cyclist Egan Bernal, the first Latin American to 勝利，勝つ the 小旅行する de フラン, got a hero's welcome from thousands of fans in his hometown of Zipaquira, Colombia, on Wednesday.
The 22-year-old Bernal, the youngest rider to 勝利，勝つ the race in 110 years, 約束d a 元気づける （人が）群がる in the main square of this small Andean city that he would 追求する その上の 勝利s.
"I want to have my feet on the ground, to continue to work as I have been until now, to enjoy the bike, and if some day we can 勝利，勝つ another 小旅行する de フラン, we'll try for a third. If we 勝利，勝つ the third, then a fourth and a fifth," Bernal said.
"This is like a 麻薬, you 勝利，勝つ one and you want more and more," said the climbing 現象, who gave Team Ineos -- 以前は Team Sky -- their seventh 肩書を与える in the last eight 版s. "I want people to feel this 勝利 as their own." Bernal was 栄冠を与えるd the 小旅行する 勝利者 in July after 保持するing the 全体にわたる leader's yellow jersey during the 21st and final 行う／開催する／段階, （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing チーム仲間 and defending 支持する／優勝者 Geraint Thomas of Britain by one minute 11 seconds.
Bernal started his training as a cyclist at 8 years old. His former coach still trains young riders, who he has said idolize Bernal.
"He's a superhero for many," said mechanical engineer Jairo Sierra, 43, who drove from Bogota, the nearby 資本／首都, to …に出席する the 祝賀, where attendees 詠唱するd "支持する／優勝者 Egan, 支持する／優勝者!"
Waving a cyclist figurine that she fashioned out of yarn, 35-year-old Andrea Malaver said Bernal had brought joy to many of her fellow 国民s. "He's an inspiration for all Colombians," she said.
Colombian riders, accustomed to the thin 空気／公表する and 法外な slopes of the Andes, have a long, proud tradition of 存在 競争の激しい on the 小旅行する.
Rigoberto Uran and Nairo Quintana also 棒 in this year's race. Quintana, a Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana 支持する／優勝者, had finished 走者-up in the 小旅行する in 2013 and 2015.
The rac e was just Bernal's second Grand 小旅行する, after finishing 15th last year.
On 行う／開催する／段階, the cyclist echoed the hopes of many in the （人が）群がる that he will enjoy a long career. "There'll be Egan for awhile." (報告（する）／憶測ing by Luis Jaime Acosta 令状ing by Julia Symmes Cobb Editing by Leslie Adler)
