The past days the neurosurgical team of the hospital in Genk has reduced the medication of Stig in an attempt to get him out of coma. Unfortunately Stig doesn’t respond to stimuli like sound or movement. The doctors confirm that Stig has incurred severe brain damage, in the brain stem and different brain regions. He is now in a vegetative state. At the moment it is difficult to predict if the consciousness can partially come back.
His crash was in the Baloise Tour of Belgium when two race motos crashed into each other and then spilled into the peloton. He has had two operations on his brain just recently.
Out of respect for the family there won’t be any further comments.
