“The happiest day of my life.” Two months after his heavy fall in training, Egan Bernal was able to complete his first road bike ride last week.
But the 25-year-old Colombian still walks with a walking stick and continues to work carefully on his return. “Aiming for the Vuelta would be something about it,” said Bernal.
“Obviously I’m not ready for that, I shouldn’t ask too much of my body either. You can’t improvise in a big round. You can’t go full out with a little pain.”
“It would be a dream to race again this year, but I dare not put a date on it. That would be irresponsible.”
The Colombian mountain goat collided with a parked bus during a descent 2 months ago. The medical bulletin: a fractured spine, a fracture to his right femur, a fracture to his right kneecap, a chest trauma, a perforated lung and several broken ribs.
