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Team says Bernal restarts in 2027; Bernal says "intention"
Netcompany Ineos sports director Dario Cioni told Bici.PRO that Bernal «will restart as scheduled in 2027.» Bernal's own wording is smaller: on 2026-10-08 he wrote that his intention is to start the upcoming season, under contract with Netcompany Ineos until the end of 2029. The same statement left a premature exit open.
The team speaks in certainties and the rider in intentions. Bernal's Instagram post said: «I don't know exactly what the coming years hold, and I don't think I need to know everything right now.» Cyclingnews reports Bernal is likely to return to the peloton in 2027 after earlier doubts, but the report rests on the team's comments and his travel, not on a confirmed statement from Bernal himself in the article. The travel is a trip from his Colombian home to a team meeting at the Copenhagen headquarters, which Cyclingnews presents as a sign he intends to keep racing. Cioni says Bernal skipped the season finale because he did not feel he could be competitive, after finishing 10th at the Giro d'Italia and 20th at the Tour de France. Cioni's own line on the skipped finale: «Egan took a break from the season finale, but he had done the Giro and the Tour, so it's not something we've never seen before.»
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