The serious accident he suffered on Monday Egan Bernalreigning champion of Italy spin and winner of Tour de France 2019, has shocked Colombians, who want the speedy recovery of the cyclist who has undergone three operations in the last few hours due to the seriousness of the injuries.
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The 25-year-old athlete, from the Ineos Grenadier team, collided at high speed with a bus that had apparently stopped on the highway that goes from Bogotá to Tunja, at the height of the municipality of Gachancipá, in the department of Cundinamarca (center) , when the vehicle had parked, according to the Traffic Police.
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There is no doubt that the injuries caused by the accident are complicated, so much so that he has already had to undergo surgery several times in less than 12 hours.
First, for the issue of the fracture of the femur and the patella of the right leg and later for the fracture of the thoracic vertebrae.
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The Sabana Clinic, where he was urgently transferred, after the event that occurred at 10:01 on Monday morning, has issued several statements, including the last one, after midnight in Colombia.
In it, it is noted that the cyclist from Cundinamarca “successfully came out of his spinal surgery, maintaining the neurological integrity unscathed and preserving the functionality of the involved segments.”
And he added: “The surgeons carried out a reduction of a dislocated fracture from the T5 level to the T6 level, with traumatic disc herniation. In addition, an “instrumentation from T3 to T8” was achieved.
It is the injury that most worries us at the moment, because of the place where it happened and the consequences it can have.
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EL TIEMPO confirmed that Bernal responded to the electrical stimuli that were performed before the intervention, which may mean that the neurological issue is going well.
Spinal fixation was done primarily to stabilize the fractures and the rider will be constantly monitored for progress.
“The doctors comment that the next 72 hours will be very important to know the real state of Bernal.”
The doctors comment that the next 72 hours will be of great importance to know the real state of Bernal, after the strong shock and the interventions to which he has been subjected.
“We will wait for his progressive evolution in the next 72 hours in the Intensive Care Unit and that he responds to the management that was established for this trauma,” the clinic statement said.
Egan Bernal is also being treated for other injuries, including the perforation of a lung, which is why he is being treated so that the blood drains and the air comes out.
In addition, he underwent a head CT whose result is “normal, but with slight trauma,” the sources indicated.
Bernal and a group from Ineos, including Ríchard Carapaz, Daniel Martínez, Omar Fraile, Brandon Rivera, Andrey Amador and Carlos Rodríguez have been training in Colombia for several days.
“Ineos can confirm that Egan Bernal was taken to hospital following a training accident in Colombia this morning,” the team said in a statement.
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Spanish cyclists Alejandro Valverde and Alberto Contador, among others, wished Egan Bernal a speedy recovery, on their Twitter accounts after the accident suffered by the Colombian.
“Much encouragement and speedy recovery for a brave and champion @Eganbernal. A big hug from Spain, we are waiting for you soon at the races,” said Valverde, champion of the Tour of Spain and gold medalist at the Innsbruck World Championship.
This was joined by Contador, winner of the Tour on two occasions, who also wished him “a speedy recovery” and assured that in this type of situation “you have to get extra motivation to recover well and as soon as possible”.
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