Lotto-Soudal rider Stig Broeckx has emerged from the coma he has been in for six months since a crash involving two race motorbikes at the Tour of Belgium in May.
> Broeckx in coma after motos involved in crash at Tour of Belgium
The incident happened less than two months after another Belgian rider, Wanty-Gobert’s Antoine Demoitié, died after he was hit by a motorbike during Gent-Wevelgem.
> Cycling world pays tribute to Antoine Demoitié
In June, Lotto-Soudal said that the Broeckx was in a vegetative state and that the outlook was not hopeful.
But more recently, team manager Marc Sergeant revealed that the 26-year-old was starting to respond to stimuli.
Now, speaking to Sporza from the team’s training camp in Mallorca, team doctor Servaes Bingé said that Broeckx is no longer officially in a coma, and is even starting to put muscle back on.
“Stig is still not a healthy lad, but the progress is positive,” he said. “He sleeps a lot, but that’s because he works very hard. Sitting in a wheelchair, he will even cycle with a kind of step machine.
“The doctors cannot yet say how far his progress will go,” he went on. “But this is already much more than anyone could have imagined a while back. Clearly, it’s all needed a bit of time.”
The doctor added: "Stig is learning to swallow independently again, and to say small, simple words such as ‘tot morgen’ ['tomorrow'].” That’s encouraging and positive. He’s communicating verbally with his family, all at a very low level of course.
“He also recognises other riders. That communication is even possible is more positive than could be put into words.”
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