Kris Boeckmans at the 2015 Vuelta a España (Sunada)
Kris Boeckmans says he cannot remember anything about the Vuelta a España crash that left him in an induced coma for over a week, but insists he's now well on his way to recovery.
The Lotto-Soudal sprinter went down hard on his face in a 30-rider crash on stage eight of the Vuelta and was placed in a coma at a Murcia hospital. After he was woken up, Boeckmans was transferred to a Belgian hospital where he underwent eight hours of facial surgery that left him unable to speak for two weeks.
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