More than nine months later and Van Gorkom today has announced he has officially retired from the sport. https://nos.nl/artikel/2256735-van-gorkom-zegt-wedstrijdfiets-vaarwel-maar-blijft-lachen.html   He had been in a coma for two weeks after his accident, which was caused by a chain still being on the bottom of the starting ramp that nobody had removed yet. When he woke up, he couldn't walk, couldn't talk and only had a confused look in his eyes. Nowadays he can walk without any