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.