Jay Vine's wife has revealed how she feared he might have died when the star Australian cyclist was lying prostrate in a ditch after a dreadful crash in the Itzulia Basque country race.
But Bre Vine, a former cyclist herself, predicted that his fighting spirit, as he recovers in a Spanish hospital after suffering fractured vertebrae, would ensure the UAE Team Emirates rider will return to the saddle "stronger than ever".
