Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), who suffered serious injuries in the July Tour de France individual time trial, including deep skin, capsule, and muscle tears on his upper thigh and buttocks, was the first to watch a replay of the horrific crash.

In an interview with Eric Gens in the Flanders documentary "Het Huis," Van Aert said that after the crash he felt as if he had been burned alive.

"It felt like I was lying there forever," Van Art told Gens in an interview conducted about a month after the crash. I didn't feel much of a scar, but I was lying on really hot asphalt and it felt like I was burning alive. I still remember that feeling completely. It seemed to last forever."

Van Aert made his debut at the Tour de France in July as part of the Jumbo-Visma team that won the team time trial on stage 2. He also won stage 10 and was one of the favorites to win the individual time trial on stage 13.

Van Aert crashed during the time trial when he was caught by a fence on the right corner with 1km to go. The fence caught him around the waist and he was pulled off his time trial bike. He sustained a serious injury to his right hip and a wound to the back of his leg.

Medic tended to Van Aert on the roadside before Jumbo Visma announced his abandonment due to serious injuries.

Van Aert's crash during the Tour de France was televised on live TV and online streaming channels. The footage also showed Van Aert being tended to on the side of the road before paramedics brought him to safety in an ambulance.

"Was it really all televised? Van Aert said in an interview with Goens. 'Some of the pictures were taken on the team car dashcam. Some of the pictures were taken with the team car dashcam. And you can see some of the muscles that have disappeared."

"You can see it perfectly from my injuries. The holes in the muscles are really the ones where the knife went through. I had never seen one before. In my experience, it took a long time for the doctors to arrive."

"I had to wait for a doctor to arrive.

Van Art was taken to a nearby hospital in Pau, where he underwent an hour-long operation to repair skin, capsular, and muscle tears in his upper thigh and buttocks.

He was then transferred to a hospital near his home in Herental, where he underwent a second surgery and spent the first part of his recovery process. Dr. Thun Klaas, who performed the surgery, said it would be two months before he could begin intensive rehabilitation.

Van Aert announced on December 27 that he will compete in the Azencross cyclocross race in Roenhout, Belgium. He and Jumbo-Visma will reportedly use the series of cyclocross races to help build form for the 2020 road racing season.

"If his recovery continues to progress, he will make his comeback on December 27 at the Loanhout. My rehab has progressed pretty quickly over the past month, and now I can train and increase my load," Van Aert said last week.

Het Huis' interview with Eric Gens for the documentary will air on Tuesday.