Another all‑day epic in the Colombian Andes, Egan Bernal logged an “APOCALIPSIS 🫶🏽” session 205 km with 5,074 m of climbing on his home roads east of Bogotá as he moves into the build‑up for his 2026 campaign with INEOS Grenadiers. Bernal has used the label for similar marathon sessions in previous seasons.
Uploaded on Christmas Eve from Localidad Chapinero, Colombia, the route runs deep into the Andean interior around Junín and Gachetá – roads where every valley seems to hide another climb.
The headline numbers look almost casual until you really ingest them: 205.01 km, 5,074 m of elevation, and 7:04:58 moving time at an average 28.9 km/h. At altitude, on terrain that never really settles, holding that rolling pace feels like the closest thing this file has to a flex.
Max speed hit 85.7 km/h on the drops, cadence averaged 76 rpm, while the weather sat around 21°C. Power isn’t visible, but the altitude, speed, and segment leaderboard numbers tell a pretty impressive story without the raw power.
This kind of volume suggests early-phase aerobic density with a harder edge than a normal off-season day. The terrain alone indicates a lot of low-cadence climbing and muscular endurance work, and the average speed – while stratospheric for a normal rider – points to a rider comfortable pushing tempo even when the route keeps tilting skyward.
After Bernal's resurgent 2025, complete with his Vuelta a España stage win, we'll keep an eye on more monster rides from the Colombian to see whether he will approach the Grand Tour season in 2026 with a return to his best form.
