Tour de France winner Bernal becomes first cyclist since Lance Armstrong to win Laureus award

Gran Piemonte 2019, Egan Bernal
(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Egan Bernal was awarded the Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year award at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Berlin on Monday. 

Bernal is the first cyclist to win a Laureus since Lance Armstrong won the Comeback award in 2000 and the Sportsman of the Year in 2003 before those awards were rescinded following his confession to doping.

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