{"id":2078,"date":"2022-02-10T12:28:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T11:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/?p=2078"},"modified":"2022-03-01T12:28:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T11:28:25","slug":"egan-bernal-released-from-hospital-its-like-being-born-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/2022\/02\/10\/egan-bernal-released-from-hospital-its-like-being-born-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Egan Bernal Released from Hospital: \u2018It\u2019s Like Being Born Again\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fourteen days after the training crash that left him severely injured, 25-year-old Egan Bernal left the Cl\u00ednica Universidad de La Sabana. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Ineos Grenadiers rider broke 20 bones, and both of his lungs collapsed after a collision with a bus on his time-trial bike. He had to undergo seven surgeries, including two on his spine. He previously stated that the accident left him with a 95 per cent chance of becoming paralysed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">EL AGUANTE!! \ud83e\udd18\ud83c\udffd<br \/>Feliz de volver a nacer \ud83d\ude0c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qODpvr3ktL\">pic.twitter.com\/qODpvr3ktL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Egan Arley Bernal (@Eganbernal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eganbernal\/status\/1490697274401468418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;One moment I\u2019m preparing for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.letour.fr\/en\/\">Tour de France,<\/a> giving it all on my time-trial bike, and the next I\u2019m fighting for my life,&#8221; Bernal said in a video message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFortunately, I fell into good hands, and I believe that if it wasn\u2019t for you [the hospital staff], it would be a different story, so I have to thank you for allowing me to have a second chance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The hospital issued a press release stating that Bernal has, &#8220;no complications and all his injuries are stable and in the process of recovery&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In truth, for me, it\u2019s like being born again, the fact that I\u2019m alive,&#8221; Bernal continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the days when I was in pain, I said to myself, \u2018at least I feel pain \u2013 at least I feel something\u2019, and that\u2019s thanks to you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m obviously now starting a very long process but you have already done the hard work. My respects for everything you do \u2013 you deserve a lot more recognition than we give you, and thank you genuinely for giving me a second chance. I hope to one day be able to repay in some way all that you\u2019ve done for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bernal has now returned to his home in Colombia to start the rehabilitation process. 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