Sinbad taking ‘remarkable’ steps to walk again two years after stroke: ‘I am not done’
A year after winning six Tour de France stages and wearing a red and yellow jersey on his shoulders – his first in more than 30 years – and only weeks after undergoing a groundbreaking brain operation, the three-time Grand Tour winner said Saturday he feels confident to begin a rehabilitation programme that will take him into the next couple of years.
A year after winning six Tour de France stages and wearing a red and yellow jersey on his shoulders – his first in more than 30 years – and only weeks after undergoing a groundbreaking brain operation, the three-time Grand Tour winner said Saturday he feels confident to begin a rehabilitation programme that will take him into the next couple of years.
“I am definitely doing my exercises,” said the man who was almost killed in a motorcycle accident in 2002. “I’m not doing anything other than my exercises, which I do every morning, six times a week.
“I am on a programme. I’m going to finish up next week and then start working on the rehabilitation, because I have to rehabilitate the brain. It’s not the same brain I had before the accident.
“I am aware of what my body is capable. Once on this programme, I want to find out where I’m going to be in another three years. I am not worried about what I am capable of. I am worried about what I am capable of. My main concern is how I am going to be at the end of six months. I want to know what I am capable of. I don’t care how it looks. I’m going to go as slow as I can and see where this rehabilitation process takes me.” Watch: How can you walk again after a stroke?
A year after winning six Tour de France stages and wearing a red and yellow jersey on his shoulders – his first in more than 30 years – and only weeks after undergoing a groundbreaking brain operation, the three-time Grand Tour winner said Saturday he feels confident to begin a rehabilitation programme that will take him into the next couple of years.
“I am definitely doing my exercises,” said the man who was almost killed in a motorcycle accident in 2002.