Tour de France winner Egan Bernal admits “people thought he was dead” after horror crash

 

Tour de France winner Egan Bernal admits “people thought he was dead” after horror crash

The cyclist who made history by becoming the first Latin American rider to win the Tour de France described what people first thought after experiencing the frightening accident

Egan Bernal says many thought his horror crash would cost him his life

Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal says many thought his horror crash would cost him his life.

The 2019 Tour de France winner opened up on his return to competition after an accident left him with life-threatening injuries. Three years after his biggest career achievement to date, Bernal suffered 20 different fractures – including in his spine, femur and kneecap when he crashed into the back of a parked bus in Colombia’s capital city of Bogota.