Egan Bernal: Last News

Egan Bernal is back riding his bike two months after colliding with a bus that left him fighting for his life. On January 24, Bernal rode into a bus at close to 65kph while on his time trial bike. Ad/> According to an Ineos medical update, Bernal suffered a fractured vertebrae, a fractured right femur, a fractured right patella, chest trauma, a punctured lung and several fractured ribs after the crash.

UAE Team Emirates’ Matteo Trentin agrees with Chris Froome that riding time trial bikes threatens cyclists’ safety, but the fundamental problem is posed by cars. Trentin represents riders as a member of the professional competitive cyclist union, and also attends UCI committee meetings. The 32-year-old Italian recently suggested gravel needed to be introduced to road races, which kicked off a wider discussion of rider safety that Froome expounded on in his blog.

Egan Bernal has said that he feels like he has been given “a second chance” after leaving hospital following the horrific crash which, by his own admission, almost killed him. The Ineos Grenadiers rider collided with a stationary bus at high speed while training in his native Colombia last month and was left with severe injuries, including numerous broken bones and a collapsed lung.

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".

Egan Bernal has revealed the enormous list of injuries that he suffered as a result of his training accident in Colombia last week. Bernal crashed into a parked bus while time-trial riding in his native Colombia, an incident that left him requiring seven major surgeries.

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.