Cycling, Bernal leaves intensive care: the Colombian continues to improve

The champion is also seen in the moment of great difficulty. In the race as in life. Egan Bernal continues his healing process after the frightening accident that involved him on Monday 24 January. The latest winner of the Giro d’Italia crashed into a stationary bus. In the daily bulletin issued by the La Sabana University Clinic in Chià it is announced that “In light of his improvement and constant evolution, Egan will leave the intensive care unit to be transferred to the ward. The response to pain control has improved and there have been no complications “. Another important step for the Ineos Grenadiers rider.

Days of fear

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On 24 January the Ineos rider was training on the asphalt at home with some teammates of Ineos-Grenadiers, but on his way to Gachancipà – Bogotà / Tunja road – he hit a bus violently. For him cervical, thoracic, musculoskeletal and lower limb trauma. In addition to fractures of the femur and patella, he worried about the compression of the vertebrae. In these days he has undergone 5 interventions in 10 days that have allowed him to see the light at the end of the tunnel. In the hours following the accident, Bernal let himself go with a message on Twitter: “After having feared a 95% chance of being paraplegic, and almost losing my life doing what I like, today I want to thank God, at Clinica La Sabana, to all the specialists to do the impossible, to my family, my girlfriend Maria Fernanda and all of you for your thoughts. I am still in intensive care still waiting for surgery, but trusting in God everything will be fine “. These were Bernal’s first words after the accident. The champion in recent days on Twitter admitted that he risked paralysis after the accident.