Claudia Cretti has started on her long road of recovery from her horror crash at this year's Giro Rosa after her mother has confirmed that she is awake.
The Valcar-PBM rider had to be airlifted to hospital after crashing at 90kph, leaving her in a critical condition. She was placed into a medically-induced coma after it was feared she would suffer from permanent brain damage due to the injuries that she received to her head.
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