Nfter his serious training accident and another operation on his spine, former Tour de France winner Egan Bernal reported back from the hospital a second time. “Nearly 20 broken bones…” read a post on Bernals’ Instagram account Thursday. “11 ribs. femur. kneecap. T5-T6. Parts of the second cervical vertebra. metacarpals. a thumb. I knocked out a tooth. Perforation of both lungs.”
In one photo, professional cyclist Bernal could be seen in a hospital bed with a neck brace, bandages and tubes. “I almost died, but you know what?” He was “thank God that he made this test possible for me. It’s the toughest race, but I had a great group of people around me.” It looks like everything went well with the last big operation. “Well, now it’s time to relax and turn it into another I’M BACK!!!”
Bernal had another operation on Wednesday. “The goals of biomechanical stability of the cervical spine were achieved with excellent clinical results,” said the 13th statement from the La Sabana University Hospital near Bogotá. Bernal has been treated there since Monday last week.
According to media reports, the 25-year-old crashed into a stationary bus on his time trial bike. He underwent multiple surgeries and was scheduled to stay in intensive care for at least three days. He made his debut on Friday in a dramatic tweet. According to this, he had a 95 percent chance of becoming a paraplegic and almost losing his life.
