Eight months after his life-threatening fall, the Colombian cycling star Egan Bernal primarily wants to gain racing experience on the Deutschland Tour.
“I want to do as many races and accumulate kilometers as possible. I’m very happy to be back after being almost dead,” said Bernal. The 25-year-old finished 73rd in the prologue in Weimar.
Bernal crashed into a stationary bus at high speed while training in his home country in January. The 2019 Tour winner suffered more than 20 broken bones and was in a coma for three days.
He still feels the consequences today. “There’s a lot of metal in my body. I’m like Robocop,” Bernal told dpa. He hopes to have “a normal season again” next year.