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Thanks for the context. And yes I knew that GC riders were tough with the caveat that their physiology is unique so they can withstand conditions and circumstances non GC riders don't have the physical capacity for. But I am comparing Bernal with others of his ilk. Thanks for elaborating - I agree!
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Probably standing on one leg only and being held up by the people next to him.
Thanks for that summary. Interesting note about the doctor!Interview with the Doctor. You will have to use Google translate if you want to read it completely. Some conclusions from the interview:
Dr. Gutierrez is the son of a cyclist from the 80's called el "Sardino" Gutierrez. I remember him. He was a little chubby but tough as nails. Some of the stages where he was a leader at the Vuelta a Colombia were very fun to watch. He wasn't in the league with Parra and Herrera. But good cyclist nevertheless. His son never thought to be a cyclist and was always interested in being a Doctor. It is a nice coincidence that he was the main Doctor for Egan's surgeries.
- Walking without help? everyone is different but might be between 2 to 3 months.
- Going back to normal? again, everyone is different but he mentioned a year. And when we say normal I think they refer to normal civil life and probably start training.
- Most critical surgery? the one to the spine. The first priority was to identify that he could walk and have a normal life. Everything else had less importance.
- He talked about the Knee cap surgery and that they left some hardware in there that can be removed later if needed. The surgeries in the knee were done thinking about him being and sportsman, so they left a lot more mobility that they would have done otherwise for therapy purposes.
- He talked about the quickness of doing the surgeries and being so close to the place of the accident were very helpful.
Not just "an extremely unfortunate accident". Bernal is fully responsable. This has nothing to do with adversity. One must behave carefully on the public road. And here, it was not just trafic. The bus was simply standing still or parked, like other cars on the public road. But Bernal was racing a time trial bike on the public road, head down, without looking ahead. Irresponsible !
Yes, it should now. In a few weeks everyone has forgotten. And the pro cyclists (and others) will continue "to race" on public roads.
Nothing to do with a rush hour. Look at the video of the accident ! Bernal has a view of hundreds of meters of the bus that is parked, but continues to drive towards the bus...and against it at tremendous speed, without slowing down. This had nothing to do with heavy traffic, or with a dangerous road ! But with irresponsible behaviour.
I understand, and I knew that he was distracted because Botero and other cyclists who had inside information indicated the same thing that the video is showing. I still support what I am saying. And especially with a TT bike. Look at the car that almost came out and hit them. That is one of the worst highways to train. Training with a TT bike in itself is very dangerous, just to add more danger to the training.
Botero and Company, and also Victor Hugo Peña agreed that he was distracted with his position. He forgot to look up. Peña said that cyclists are so absorbed in performance that they forget about safety. I think they came out to say this to defend the bus driver or to avoid further miss-judgement. After that people just didn't want to talk about it for respect for Bernal. Especially at that moment.
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