The cycling star was then rushed into intensive care, before undergoing multiple operations

 The cycling star was then rushed into intensive care, before undergoing multiple operations

 at Clinica Universidad de La Sabana. After previously revealing he was faced with a 95% chance of being paralysed and almost dying, Bernal made a miraculous recovery.

He made a remarkable return to competition at the Tour of Denmark last August and at the ongoing Vuelta a San Juan event where the Ineos Grenadiers star commences his season, Bernal admitted bike racing was a long way from his thoughts after the crash. “I think today is exactly one year ago [since the crash], but to tell you the truth when I came out of surgery it was really the last thing on my mind,” he said, as reported by Eurosport.

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“I spent many hours in the operating theatre. I was even told that some people thought I was dead, and there was also a good chance that I would be in a wheelchair, so I really didn't think I would be able to get back on a bike. The only thing I thought about was just living and being with my family.”It was not a case of simply waiting for the injuries to heal. Bernal had to go through painstaking rehab to relearn basic motor skills. “The first days you have to learn to walk again, it's super complicated,”