Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal says many thought his horror crash would cost him his life.
The 2019 Tour de France winner opened up on his return to competition after an accident left him with life-threatening injuries. Three years after his biggest career achievement to date, Bernal suffered 20 different fractures – including in his spine, femur and kneecap when he crashed into the back of a parked bus in Colombia’s capital city of Bogota.
The cycling star was then rushed into intensive care, before undergoing multiple operations at Clinica Universidad de La Sabana. After previously revealing he was faced with a 95% chance of being paralysed and almost dying, Bernal made a miraculous recovery.
