"Don't let anyone tell you you can't do it," Egan Bernal captioned a video of him fighting for his life on a recumbent stationary bike just 24 days after a collision with a bus.

Bernal was discharged from the Sabana University Hospital in Bogota last Monday and began his recovery and rehabilitation from 20 broken bones at home. It was then that he posted his first photo of himself standing with the medical staff. Four days later, he took his first steps on his own feet while wearing a brace to support his back.

The latest medical information released last week from Clínica Universidad de La Sabana stated that Bernal's postoperative course is good and that one of the first goals of his rehabilitation is to be able to walk without human assistance, but noted that it could take up to eight weeks It is noted that it could take up to eight weeks.

Bernal has so far exceeded the rehabilitation team's expectations, showing significant progress in standing and walking while supported by a back brace, and has gradually been able to ride a recumbent stationary bike without a brace.

On January 24, Bernal was training on a bicycle near his home in Colombia with several of his Ineos Grenadiers teammates when he crashed into the back of a parked bus.

The Ineos Grenadiers team confirmed in a medical update at the time that Bernal suffered a fractured vertebra, fractured right femur, fractured right patella, chest trauma, punctured lung, and fractured ribs in the accident.

According to medical updates from the hospital, he underwent treatment and recovery at Clínica Universidad de La Sabana following complex but successful spinal surgery, along with surgeries to correct fractures of the knee, femur, and right metacarpal, and to manage an alveolar fracture in his mouth.

Bernal made his first public statement on February 4 in a social media post, which included a photo from his hospital bed.

He said he was dying and had a 95 percent chance of becoming a paraplegic. He said he feels "reborn" and paid tribute to the doctors who gave him a "second chance."

"My life changed in an instant. One minute I was preparing for the Tour de France and giving it my all on the time trial bike, and the next I was fighting for my life," Bernal said. [Fortunately, I fell into good hands. If it hadn't been for you guys [the medics], it would have been a different story.

"As a matter of fact, it's like coming back to life for me. Even the days when I was in pain, I told myself, 'At least I feel pain - at least I feel something.' [23] [24] "I'm obviously now beginning a very long process. And I'm really grateful to them for giving me a second chance. And I really appreciate you giving me a second chance.