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'The first time I saw my leg, I fainted in the shower' - British pro on his year-long recovery after being hit by car driver

Tom Gloag.

Tom Gloag was at the top of his game last August before his form was cruelly taken away from him in the blink of an eye. During a training ride near his home in Spain, disaster struck when he was hit by a car driver, leaving him with catastrophic knee damage. 

Just three months previously, Gloag was part of Visma-Lease a Bike’s Giro d'Italia winning team, but faced a long road back to recovery if he was ever going to be able to ride a bike again, let alone compete.

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