Ivan Sosa (Movistar Team) thanked his followers for their support on his social media channels five days after he was assaulted by a gun-wielding truck driver and is expected to have no complications from his jaw injury. However, the 25-year-old is facing charges along with the driver in the incident.

"Thank you for all the messages of support over the past few days. It was a shocking episode, but I feel good now," Sosa wrote on Tuesday.

A report by the Kundinamarca police describes the January 5 incident as Sosa being assaulted by the driver of a tractor-trailer after the driver complained that he was "operating dangerously on the road."

The driver accused Sosa of splashing water in his face and damaging the truck's windshield with a rock. Sosa accused the driver of getting out of the truck and hitting him in the face with the butt of his gun.

According to the report, the driver voluntarily surrendered his weapon and provided documentation that he was authorized to carry. The unnamed driver was charged with personal injury and Sosa was charged with destruction of property.

Sosa joined the pro team in 2017 after Androni Giocattoli team manager Gianni Savio discovered his talent; after winning the Adriatica Ionica and Vuelta a Burgos stage races in 2018, Trek Segafredo offer to buy him out, but the deal ended in a legal battle between the agents.

Instead, he joined Team Sky, where he spent three years, but after being excluded from all 2021 Grand Tours, he moved to Movistar last season, winning the Vuelta Asturias and Tour de Langkawi.