I don't want to see Tour de France crash - Georgi

The crash ended Georgi's 2024 campaign, what she has called her "best season" so far in her six-year professional career.

She won the national road title for the third time in June, finished fifth at the Olympics road race in Paris and third at monument Paris-Roubaix.

"I tried to re-frame it as like I'd had a really great year. I did the classics and I had Roubaix and Nationals and Olympics and my main goals were done," she said.

"I was trying not to think 'oh, it's annoying that I'm in great shape'. I was thinking, 'OK, we've achieved a lot.'"

Georgi, from Gloucestershire, now lives in Andorra and said her mum came to stay with her for the first few weeks of her recovery, which ended up taking longer than expected.

Her hand was initially in a cast and her neck was in a fixed brace, before she was able to wear a flexible removable one.

"Initially they said one month and then in the end it was three months before I was even allowed on the road," she said.

"That was also quite hard because every few weeks I thought I'll be back on the road next week, next week, next week. And then I had to wait 90 days for the fracture to be completely consolidated."

While the broken bones have now healed the mental scars take longer.

After the 2020 crash she worked with a psychologist to get her confidence back to ride in a race.

She is seeking the same support again to learn coping and relaxation techniques by visualising herself in a race scenario.

"I remember from last time I was really terrified because I was just scared that it might happen again, or that it could have been worse," she said.

"Both times the doctors have said have been like you're very lucky to have full mobility still. I think that's probably the hardest part of it because the recovery time will be like six weeks or three months or whatever, and then it's done.

"But it's the impact of that that I've found is the hardest bit."

Results on the road this year marked a significant step forward for Georgi. She finished third in Roubaix in a sprint finish, after chasing back up to the front group on her own.

At the Olympics she was in medal contention on the final lap before she was dropped on the climb of Montmartre with 10km to go and rode solo to claim fifth.

"I think they were probably my two best days of the year and of my career. I think that's just really exciting - that shows that I'm like getting towards the level that I want to be and competitive in the races that I love," Georgi said.

"I think that gives me confidence going forward, definitely.

"My legs just exploded [in Paris] and I saw my dream slipping away from me up the Montmartre the last time.

"Initially I was really disappointed after the line, but I gave it everything I had on the day and I think I was performing really well. On reflection, I can't be disappointed, it still was a good result.

"It's just when you have a chance once every four years and a medal could have potentially been possible then it was quite hard at the time."

As a one-day racing specialist primarily, the goal next season is more of the same with Paris-Roubaix, Gent-Wevelgem and the inaugural edition of the women's Milan-San Remo in the spring to target.

"I'm ready to get back to work because I've had enough time sat on the sofa to be honest," Georgi said.