Joking aside, Woods knows that the journey ahead to full recovery is a long one. This kind of injury takes the body a lot of energy and rehabilitation to heal. “It’s a really difficult injury to come back from,” team doctor Jon Greenwell explains. “You lose a lot of muscle mass in the leg, which means you lose a lot of strength.” To help him regain that strength he has a team of experts behind him from Greenwell, to his coach Paulo Saldanha, along with our physio and nutrition teams.

Goals for the season are constantly changing for all of the WorldTour peloton with the current situation. For the moment Woods is taking things week-by-week, relishing each little step of progress. “When I was able to get on the bike it was just so nice, I was buzzing afterwards, even though it was just 15 minutes at a 50 watt average, it was just lovely to move the leg and be a bit more active,” he says.

It’s three weeks post crash, and Greenwell is pleased with his progress. “He’s ahead of our expectations, we’re almost having to slow him down a little bit,” he said. Too much too soon can easily derail progress, especially when Woods even admits the significant improvement has meant almost occasional lapses in concentration and nearly attempting to walk on his leg. He may have made it back onto the static trainer but he’s still not able to walk and bear weight on his right leg for another month. “Crutching around,” as Woods calls it, will still be his prime mode of transport for a few weeks to come.