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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Daniel Moxon

Tour de France winner Egan Bernal to undergo spinal surgery after nearly dying in horrific crash

Elite cyclist Egan Bernal was left fighting for his life after slamming into the back of a parked bus so hard he left a huge dent in its bodywork.

Bernal, 25, was out training on the streets close to his home in the Colombian capital Bogota when the freak crash occurred.

The 2019 Tour de France champion was left with a swathe of injuries which almost killed him, including a broken leg and kneecap, a collapsed lung and extensive damage to his back.

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