MotoGP: 2013 Round 07 - Iveco TT Assen (SPOILERS)

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 Not much of a retort. That's just a re-wording of what I already said.

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Knowing Lorenzo has made no secret that he isn't going to ride till he's say Rossi's age.


And he intends to retire whilst still young and healthy.


Does anyone think the collarbone injury might encourage him to bail ship at the end of his contract?


I for one hopes it doesn't but me and a mate just had a natter over it,


He seems to think it will.

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Knowing Lorenzo has made no secret that he isn't going to ride till he's say Rossi's age.


And he intends to retire whilst still young and healthy.


Does anyone think the collarbone injury might encourage him to bail ship at the end of his contract?


I for one hopes it doesn't but me and a mate just had a natter over it,


He seems to think it will.

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It was remarkable that he could ride with it, but a simple collar bone fracture is not a major injury and usually doesn't have any sequelae, is a common injury in football codes etc, and in days gone by they often just put civilians in a sling and let them heal unaided. An injury like Dani's last year when he smashed the thing to pieces may have been more cause for reflection.

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Dani last year??? I think you mean Spies?

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I think it depends on how many titles he has, for example if he was to win this season and the next I think we might see the back of him before the potential Marquez dominance. 

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It was remarkable that he could ride with it, but a simple collar bone fracture is not a major injury and usually doesn't have any sequelae, is a common injury in football codes etc, and in days gone by they often just put civilians in a sling and let them heal unaided. An injury like Dani's last year when he smashed the thing to pieces may have been more cause for reflection.

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Oh I agree I was amazed, and to finish fifth gobsmacking!


I was one of those civilians in a sling once and TBH I got more grief from my two broken ribs.


IIRC I was back on the push bike and gentle dirt riding on a YZ250 after two weeks.


The shoulder was fine but the ribs still held me back.


The plate would have been a huge help for Lorenzo as i should imagine it helped hold everything stable,


However when you take everything else he had to go through, flight, operation, flight back,


Not to mention initial shock and trauma, The pain he was carrying.


The Man is a machine!


But will this nudge him towards retirement?

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Aw bless, you managed the first 7 words. Well done

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My mate seems to think titles or not he will be going at the end of his contract.
Lollo has done an amazing job keeping himself healthy since he came to gp barring the first year on the yam,
He certainly learned the hard way.
This may just be the nudge that sends his thoughts that way.
He was totally shattered at the end of the race, the pain must have been unbearable.
Just a nudge?

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No. Broken collarbones are part of the deal. The fact that he raced 36 hours after surgery tells you how (relatively) simple the injury is. Shoulders and wrists end careers, collarbones are an excruciatingly painful inconvenience. (Which is not to denigrate Lorenzo's amazing achievement in any way).


Unless of course you hit complications like Pedrosa did, who suffered with a screw blocking off blood flow to his arm. That injury made Pedrosa wonder why he bothered, but it wasn't the pain or the problem, but the months of trying to figure out what the problem was. Injuries which take a long time to fix are the ones which sow doubt in the minds of riders.


I can honestly see Lorenzo and Pedrosa signing up for two more years at the end of their current contracts, and then considering retiring. Especially as they will be at the receiving end of serial humiliation by Marc Marquez by then.

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Jumkie, I'm sorry to disappoint you but I am a bit of a Pedrosa fan on the quiet.  Having said that I wasn't keen on Lorenzo, not sure why, though my opinion of him has changed over this last weekend.  There was a tweet that Matt Roberts the BBC guy retweeted and this is what is said:


 


Interviewer, "You're a hero"

JL99 "No, heroes are those who work hard just to reach the end of each month. I get paid to do these things."


 


Just for attitude alone Lorenzo has gone up hugely in my estimation.  I hope he doesn't retire like Lil red seems to think he might.

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I do wish people would stop posting that ....... picture. It's horrible.

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No. Broken collarbones are part of the deal. The fact that he raced 36 hours after surgery tells you how (relatively) simple the injury is. Shoulders and wrists end careers, collarbones are an excruciatingly painful inconvenience. (Which is not to denigrate Lorenzo's amazing achievement in any way).


Unless of course you hit complications like Pedrosa did, who suffered with a screw blocking off blood flow to his arm. That injury made Pedrosa wonder why he bothered, but it wasn't the pain or the problem, but the months of trying to figure out what the problem was. Injuries which take a long time to fix are the ones which sow doubt in the minds of riders.


I can honestly see Lorenzo and Pedrosa signing up for two more years at the end of their current contracts, and then considering retiring. Especially as they will be at the receiving end of serial humiliation by Marc Marquez by then.

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And By The Way Mr.Jumkie: I AM A PEDROSA FAN ..... So Now What??? .....  I know I have to shut my mouth and don't post threads for two weeks .....

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