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Former Tour de France champion Egan Bernal, who said he "almost died" after smashing into a bus during a training run, was discharged from hospital on Sunday, two weeks after the horror crash.
Tour de France champion Egan Bernal, who said he "almost died" after smashing into a bus during a training run, was discharged from hospital on Sunday, two weeks after the horror crash. The 25-year-old broke 11 ribs, a knee cap, a thigh bone, two vertebrae and a thumb, as well as puncturing both lungs, in the January 24 accident while riding with his Ineos Grenadiers teammates near Bogota. He underwent five bouts of surgery. "For me, just being alive is like a rebirth," Bernal said Sunday in a video sent to the media after his discharge from the University Clinic of La Sabana, on the outskirts of Bogota. A photograph posted by the clinic showed Bernal wearing a protective neck brace and flanked by two members of the medical staff whom he "thanked" for giving him this "second chance".
Two-time Grand Tour winner Egan Bernal is set for further spinal surgery as he recovers from a horror training crash in Colombia.
Egan Bernal will undergo further surgery following a serious crash which occurred during training in Colombia last week.
Egan Bernal is to have further surgery on his spine following his high-speed crash in his native Colombia.
Ineos Grenadiers rider Egan Bernal will undergo a second round of neurosurgery following a serious crash during training in Colombia last week, the Bogota clinic where he was being treated said on Tuesday.
Chris Froome urged “let the kid be” when insisting the focus should be on Egan Bernal’s recovery – not when his former team-mate might return to cycling after a near-fatal crash in Colombia. Bernal collided into a stationary bus last week, and the 2019 Tour de France winner is hopeful of a full recovery despite doctors initially telling him there was a 95% chance of paralysis. Ad/> The 25-year-old remains in intensive care in Bogota, and is set to undergo spinal surgery, with his injuries including a fractured vertebrae, a fractured right femur, a fractured right kneecap, chest trauma, a punctured lung and fractured ribs.
Ineos Grenadiers rider Egan Bernal said he had a 95per cent chance of becoming a paraplegic following a serious crash during training in Colombia earlier this week that required multiple surgeries.