Egan Bernal is back to lead ambitious INEOS Grenadiers at Vuelta a Burgos

The Vuelta a Burgos 2025 continues to gain a lot of appeal as riders are confirmed for the race that will run between August 5-9. The organization of the Spanish race has announced the official line-up of INEOS. A team built around Egan Bernal will aim for nothing less than an overall victory, as the Colombian champion returns to competition for the first time since his remarkable Giro d'Italia.

The Colombian rider of INEOS Grenadiers started the season with a broken collarbone that cut short his impressive progression. Bernal had won both Colombian national championships (road and time trial). It was at the Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior that he was injured. But on his return, more than a month later, he showed that his form was still on the rise.

Egan Bernal finished in the Top 10 overall of Volta a Catalunya (7th place), and in his big goal of the year, the Giro d'Italia, he repeated that 7th place after a race filled with attacks from the 28-year-old's side. Although he wasn't rewarded with neither inidividual success, nor a final podium, Bernal left a strong impression in Italy.

For that reason, Bernal is expected to be one of the favorites to win the Vuelta a Burgos. He will be accompanied by some of INEOS' most reliable men in the mountains; Spaniards Omar Fraile, Óscar Rodríguez and Jonathan Castroviejo. Also riding for INEOS Grenadiers at the Vuelta a Burgos will be Bernal's traditional partner in crime Brandon Rivera, and young talent Andrew August. The selection is rounded off by newcomer Peter Oxenberg who is expected to join the team from August 1 after having previously raced with partner team Lotto Kern-Haus in 2025.