Bernal to make race return in Denmark after near-fatal crash

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Former Tour de France and Giro d'Italia winner Egan Bernal will return to racing in the Tour of Denmark on Tuesday, eight months after a training crash in his native Colombia almost left him paralysed.His Ineos Grenadiers team said the 25-year-old had passed a final fitness assessment over the weekend ahe

Former Tour de France and Giro d'Italia winner Egan Bernal will return to racing in the Tour of Denmark on Tuesday, eight months after a training crash in his native Colombia almost left him paralysed.

"After what happened to me in January this has been the moment I’ve been waiting for - to race with my teammates again," Bernal said on the team . Bernal, who won the 2019 Tour de France and last year's Giro d'Italia, slammed into a stationary bus in January while riding a time trial bike at around 65 kph.He had said he had a 95 per cent chance of becoming paraplegic but left hospital in February and was back on his bike in March, describing that as the"happiest day" of his life.

 

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