After more than a month in a coma is the Italian stortalent Samuele Manfredi had been awakened and are no longer in mortal danger, communicate to his team, the French after a slump Continentale Groupama FDJ.

Manfredi collided during training 10. december with a car and sustained according to the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport serious head injuries.

the Accident happened six kilometres from the Manfredis home in Loano on the Italian mediterranean coast, when the driver of a Fiat Panda oversaw its right-of-way and drove out in front of the Manfredi. According to Cycling Weekly was the clash ’very violently’.

on Tuesday could after a slump Continentale Groupama-FDJ, which is talentudviklingshold for the World Tour team Groupama-FDJ, on Twitter to announce that Manfredi has taken a decisive step back toward life.

– We have good news to share with you. Yesterday woke up Samuele Manfredi of the artificial coma he was placed in after his accident 10. december, writes the team on Twitter.

– He is no longer in life-threatening constitution and will now begin a long genoptræningsproces.

Samuele Manfredi won the juniorernes Gent-Wevelgem in march last year and was number two in the juniorernes Paris-Roubaix.