Kris Boeckmans wins in the 2015 G.P.Samyn
Two months after a crash at the Vuelta a España left him in an induced coma, Lotto-Soudal rider Kris Boeckmans is back on the road as he prepares to return for the 2016 season.
Boeckmans, 28, suffered severe facial trauma in the crash, with several fractures, concussion, broken ribs and bleeding on the lungs - injuries which kept him in a coma for nearly two weeks.
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