Italian junior Samuele Manfredi awakes from medically induced coma

The 18-year-old had been in the coma since a collision with a car in early December

Samuele Manfredi at the Road World Championships 2018 (Sunada)

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

One month after being struck by a car, 18-year-old Italian hopeful Samuele Manfredi is awake from a coma and is transferring to a specialised hospital.

The junior winner of Ghent-Wevelgem, second in Paris-Roubaix and European pursuit champion, had been in a medically induced coma since being hit while training along the Italian Riviera on December 10.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.