GENEVA (AP) — Doctors treating Colombian cyclist Juan Mauricio Soler say they are slowly waking him from an induced coma after his crash during the Tour of Switzerland last week.
The chief surgeon at St. Gallen hospital’s intensive care unit says Soler is in a “controlled wake-up phase” that will last several days.
Roger Lussmann told The Associated Press by email that an MRI scan of the 28-year-old rider’s brain showed several “micro injuries” that had been expected after Thursday’s crash. Lussmann says it’s too early to say how the injuries will affect Soler’s cognitive functions.
He also says the rider’s lung injury is healing, and the overall recovery is proceeding as expected.
