After revealing he\u2019d sustained serious injuries in an innocuous crash, Fabien Barel is updating fans on his recovery.<\/p>\n
The iconic French rider, now in charge of Canyon Cllctv\u2019s gravity racing program, posted his first update since the initial announcement, saying \u201cIt\u2019s been tough, especially after the great season we\u2019ve had.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barel shared that fractures to his spine and legs are all under control and should heal properly. \u201cFeeling in my right hand is a struggle,\u201d he added, though \u201cmobility in my arms and legs is now 100 per cent.\u201d<\/p>\n
We\u2019re all pretty happy to hear that, while still obviously serious, Barel has avoided the worst-case scenarios. It\u2019s always a little frightening to see a rider leaving a crash on a spinal board.<\/p>\n
While things are looking up, there\u2019s still a long road ahead for Barel. He admitted that, while we all know that crashes happen, the first week was \u201cA big of a mental game, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barel closed on a positive note, saying he is looking forward, not back and that \u201cMy determination is the strongest it\u2019s ever been and I\u2019ll fight my way back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Not a result of extreme riding<\/p>\n
Barel also took the chance to clear up the particulars of his crash. With his initial news coming while the cycling world was still reeling from Adolf Silva\u2019s horror crash at Red Bull Rampage, the Frenchman wanted to be clear that his case was very different.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome people are attempting to say I am taking too much risk. I wasn\u2019t,\u201d Barel stated clearly. \u201cIt was simple testing and there was no need to push.\u201d<\/p>\n
Saying that it was the sort of crash that could happen any time, Barel added \u201cAll riders know that. We know the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After revealing he\u2019d sustained serious injuries in an innocuous crash, Fabien Barel is updating fans on his recovery.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,1154,784,164550,117138,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-284796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-crash","11":"tag-cycling","12":"tag-fabien-barel","13":"tag-mtb-news","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}