"That Was Pretty Close": German Bike Pro Talks About Near Death Experience After a Bad Fall

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In May 2025 Juri Hollmann fell heavily at the Giro d'Italia, doctors fought for his life. Now the professional biker has talked about his way back, surgery without general anesthesia and doping controls on painkillers.

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The German cyclist Yuri Hollmann talks for the first time about his struggle for survival after his devastating fall in the Giro d'Italia. He was colliding with a road sign at 70 km/h. In an emergency operation he had a classic near death experience.

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Three months in a wheelchair, blood clots in the lungs and a doping control: Radprofi Juri Hollmann talks for the first time about his survival struggle after his fall in the Giro. He was very lucky, says the native Berliner.