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Colombian Cyclist Egan Bernal to Have Surgery After Training Crash

INTERNATIONAL: Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal has suffered a crash in training on Monday ,January 24, and was taken to hospital, where he will have surgery, the clinic and his Ineos Grenadiers team has confirmed.

The winner of the 2019 Tour de France and last year's Giro d'Italia, becoming the first Latin American rider to do so, and the youngest winner since 1909, and took his second Grand Tour win in 2021, Egan Arley Bernal Gómez ,who rides for UCI World Team Ineos Grenadiers, was at a team training camp in Gachancipa, about 50 kilometres north of Bogota, when he hit a stationary bus, the Sabana University Clinic has reported.

The clinic has added that Bernal suffered injuries "to the chest, neck, muscles and legs."

The 25-year old was taken to hospital by Ineos Grenadiers medical staff and was "conscious upon arrival," the British team said in a brief statement.

Bernal recently extended his contract with Ineos Grenadiers to 2026.



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