Former Tour de France champion Egan Bernal has suffered severe accidents in a crash whereas coaching in his native Colombia.
Reviews within the nation recommend that Bernal, 25, had been concerned in a collision with a parked bus whereas driving near his dwelling in Bogata, with photos displaying Bernal receiving remedy subsequent to a heavily-dented car.
An announcement from the Clinica Universidad de La Sabana within the Colombian capital stated the 2019 Tour winner would endure surgical procedure afterward Monday.
In keeping with the assertion, Bernal suffered “cervical and thoracic trauma, closed chest trauma, skeletal muscle trauma and decrease limb trauma” within the accident.
The Ineos Grenadiers issued their very own assertion which didn’t give particulars of Bernal’s accidents, however did say he had been acutely aware when transferred to hospital by the workforce’s medical employees.
“He’s secure and present process additional evaluation,” the assertion learn.
Whereas nearly all of the Grenadiers squad trains in Europe, Bernal has remained in Colombia to arrange for the upcoming season, driving alongside a choose group of team-mates that features former Giro d’Italia champion Richard Carapaz.
Bernal, who took his second Grand Tour victory in final 12 months’s Giro d’Italia, had been anticipated to begin the brand new season on the Tour de la Provence in France, starting on February 10, however his 2022 marketing campaign will now be in query given the extent of the accidents he has suffered.
Earlier this month Bernal signed a brand new five-year contract with the Ineos Grenadiers, and set out his ambitions to focus on the Tour once more this summer season.
A number of riders and groups had been fast to submit messages of assist to Bernal on social media.
Bernal’s team-mate Tao Geoghegan Hart, the 2020 Giro winner, wrote: “We’re all hoping you’re okay @Eganbernal. So scary to learn this information. A tragic reminder how harmful our coaching may be.”
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