More and more details of the accident suffered by Egan Bernal are becoming known. The Zipaquirá cyclist must undergo surgery due to various injuries suffered after colliding with a bus while training. The winner of the 2019 Tour suffered cervical and thoracic trauma, closed chest trauma, skeletal muscle trauma and a tramuna in the lower limbs. Serious setbacks for the Colombian ‘beetle’, who was in his country preparing to attack the first third of the season.
According to the Police, the cyclist “who was traveling in the same direction and in the same lane (as the bus) did not observe the maneuver made by the vehicle, colliding from the back of it“.
Bernal, 25, was “referred to the clinic of the Universidad de la Sabana in the municipality of Chía”, being injured with multiple lacerations, although apparently without seriousness.
His team, the Ineos Grenadiers, confirmed the accident suffered by the winner of the Giro and the Tour and said that the athlete arrived at the hospital conscious and “is stable” pending diagnosis.