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Video: Keagan Girdlestone back riding his road bike 5 months after crash that almost ended his life
Keagan Girdlestone, the young South African rider who doctors did not believe would survive an horrific crash in June while racing for Dimension Data’s under-23 team in Italy, is back on his road bike.
In a video posted to YouTube, the 19-year-old undertakes a short ride that won’t be the longest or fastest he’s ever done, but no-one would argue against it being the most courageous and inspirational.
Beforehand, he said: “I’m excited, I’m nervous, I don’t know if I’m going to be able to ride the bike.”
And then he does exactly that.
It’s less than three months since the 19-year-old, in a wheelchair, was welcomed home to New Zealand with an emotional haka performed by pupils from his former school.
> Video: Keagan Girdlestone welcomed home to NZ
Just two months earlier, doctors believed he would die after he sustained injuries including a severed carotid artery and jugular vein when he crashed through the rear window of his team car during the Coppa della Pace in Emilia-Romagna on 5 June.
> Girdlestone severed vein and artery in horror crash, says management
Keagan moved to New Zealand with his family several years ago as his father, a former pro, believed that would help further the cycling careers of Keagan and his older brother Dylan, who rode this year for Drapac.
Chapeau, and we wish him all the very best with his continued recovery.
You can find more videos following his story on his YouTube channel.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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