Egan Bernal surprised again with his performance on a new day on Zipaquirá roads

Egan Bernal continues to demonstrate remarkable progress in his recovery process after the serious accident while training in the municipality of Gachancipá, Cundinamarca, at the end of January. The Colombian cyclist began rehabilitation work from home and, subsequently, he got back on his bicycle to go out and ride on the roads of the department.

In early April, Egan's impressive records were reported during his first week of training, hinting that his physical condition was getting better day after day. According to the cyclist himself through his social networks, in this period he reached 584 kilometers, spread over 23 hours. In addition, he indicated that he accumulated 4,000 meters of ascent, with the help of his work team.

However, after more than two weeks of training, Bernal again gave encouraging signs on a terrain that is well known to him: the mountain. Through his Instagram account, fellow professional cyclist and friend of Egan, Camilo Castiblanco, posted some videos in which he is observed during a new day of practice with his compatriot.

The recordings, which were carried out from the motorcycle that accompanies the riders, showed how Bernal climbs the Alto de San Jorge, a renowned climb near his native Zipaquirá. As a result of his strong pace, the INEOS Grenadiers cyclist left Castiblanco 'cut', who shows difficulty keeping up with him.

“Either I am very bad or Bernal @eganbernal is very good, or both. 15 days later and already releasing me in San Jorge,” Castiblanco wrote, generating several reactions among users. “Cucho, batteries that already carries it even with the crooked chassis; “age is no longer comparable”; “joda mompi didn't take long with the leader's shirt”, were some of the comments.

According to the portal 'Altimetrias de Colombia', climbing to San Jorge has an extension of 4.5 kilometers, and represents an interesting challenge for cyclists, since it covers ramps that range from 6.5% to 11% inclination. “The last 3 kilometres have an average slope of 6.5%. The difficulty coefficient tells us that it is a high single of the 3rd Category”, explains the portal.

Last Sunday, Egan Bernal was training on the roads with his brother, Ronald Stiven, who is training as a cyclist. The two national runners were seen sprinting, so in one of the stories on their Instagram account, the winner of the Tour de France 2019 and the Giro d'Italia 2021 opened a poll for his followers.

On his body, Egan put a label that read: “Bernal malo”, while on his brother he put: “Bernal good”.

In an interview given by Dr. Carlos Santana to the newspaper Marca, it was revealed the approximate economic value of Egan Bernal's recovery since he was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the first day of care.

“Counting the days of the ICU plus all the surgeries with medullary nails, medications and other examinations, the account in Colombia passes approximately 400 million pesos (100 thousand dollars) without counting all the expenses that include therapies and special food by Team Ineos,” explained the professional of the health.

He also added that, in a country like the United States, the amount would have been much higher: “Those injuries in the United States, for example, are worth more or less $800,000, because there medicine is more expensive in this type of situation.” In Colombian pesos, this amount would represent about 3.2 billion.

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