The cyclist Colombian Egan Bernalthe only Latin American to win the Tour de Franceleft this Sunday from the Colombian hospital to which he was taken two weeks ago by a training accident that almost cost him his life.
After five surgeries to correct fractures in his spine, leg and right hand, the 25-year-old rider was “discharged” and is ready “to continue your rehabilitation process on an outpatient basis”, indicated in a statement the University of La Sabana clinic, located on the outskirts of Bogotá.
A photo released by the medical center shows the current champion of the Italy spin standing with a neck brace and face mask. Members of the medical staff hug him from the sides.
“He has no complications and all his injuries They are stable and recovering.”, added the clinic, where he arrived urgently on January 24, after colliding head-on on his time trial bike against a stopped bus on the highway about 30 kilometers from Bogotá.
The boss of the British team Ineos, teammate of Ecuadorian Richard Carapazspent several days in an intensive care unit, from where he claimed “to have had a 95% chance of becoming paraplegic and almost losing his life.”
According to his story, he fractured “almost 20 bones”: eleven ribs, a femur, a patella, the 5th and 6th thoracic vertebrae, the odontoid (cervical spine), a metacarpal, and a thumb. He also lost a tooth and punctured both lungs.
The champion of the 2019 edition of the Grande Boucle, achieved “overcoming high-energy trauma”, celebrated the medical center, without giving an estimate for his return to the bicycle.
Bernal was preparing in his country for the 2022 season with the aim of recovering the yellow jersey of the Tour. His presence at the top cycling event, which starts on July 1, was put on hold. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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