Düsseldorf, Saturday 8th July – After the unfortunate start of Tour de France 2017 and after the successful surgery Ion Izagirre feels good and he is flying home at 17.50 from Düsseldorf Clinic to his home town in Spain.
Ion was strong and brave from the first moment when he realized what injury he had. First moments after the crash he was very angry and sad that he can’t continue Tour de France where his expectations were very high but after the diagnosis he realized his health is the most important. Before his flight back home today afternoon he commented: “I feel ok as you can see on the social media where I posted my video. All was gone well. The surgery was perfect and I’m improving day by day. I have only to say thank you very much to the Hospital of Düsseldorf and all its staff and doctors because they are great professional and I’m very happy with them. I hope that I can recover step by step and we will see when I’ll come back to roads. I’m not stressed for that. We will see day by day. Thank you all the guys for their support, for all the messages. See you all soon on the roads.”
Right after the dramatic crash when Ion was transported to clinic, team physiotherapist Ibai Jimenez Clever immediately accompanied Ion, finished his Tour de France work and stayed with him all the time in the hospital.
Today when they both leaving Düsseldorf clinic he commented how was the last week while he was all the time with Ion: “First moments after the crash of Izagirre in the opening stage of the Tour de France were very difficult. First news we received were not good. It seemed that he had to undergone a surgery immediately and he was alone at the Hospital. I was worried. Finally, I could have some better news and breathe a sigh of relief when after the surgery doctors told us that it was successful. Ion responded to the surgery very well and he feels better day by day. He’s recovering slowly and now that he’s coming back home it will be even better. He’s in good mood and we hope that he will had a good recovery without forcing. I’m sure that slowly he can return to his level. I personally would like to say thank you to all the people for their support.”
Ion will take his rehabilitation in the next weeks and months. We miss him a lot in the BAHRAIN MERIDA Team and we all wish him fast recovery. As the famous Spanish song sing it loud on all the world radio “Pasito a Pasito” we wish him many strong and secure steps to his most important step – the step back to his bike. Forca Ion!
