'The happiest day of my life' - Egan Bernal is back on his bike in Colombia two months after crashing into a bus

ByEurosport

Published 28/03/2022 at 12:12 GMT

Egan Bernal is on the road to recovery. He posted to social media to let his followers know that he has gone out on his bike for the first time since crashing into a bus in January. Bernal required complex spinal surgery as well as surgeries to correct fractures to his knee, femur, metacarpal in his right hand and for dentoalveolar fractures in his mouth.

Egan Bernal is back riding his bike two months after colliding with a bus that left him fighting for his life.

On January 24, Bernal rode into a bus at close to 65kph while on his time trial bike.

According to an Ineos medical update, Bernal suffered a fractured vertebrae, a fractured right femur, a fractured right patella, chest trauma, a punctured lung and several fractured ribs after the crash.

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He was treated at the Clínica Universidad de La Sabana and required spinal surgery and further operations to correct numerous fractures.

Despite the horrific incident, Bernal appears to be recovering at a far quicker rate than expected.

To celebrate the landmark moment of him returning to the saddle on the road, the Ineos Grenadiers rider posted a picture of himself in the Colombian countryside with his brother Ronald, and teammate and friend Brandon Rivera.

He wrote underneath the pictures: “The happiest day of my life”

“After two months and 20 broken bones, here I am, and I want more!”

Bernal's coach Xabier Artexte said he could be back in competitive action in 2023 or even the end of 2022.

He told La Gazzetta dello Sport earlier this month: “He is working to get back as soon as possible.

“It could be 2023 but also the end of this year. We must not rule it out, far from it."

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