Return of the injured

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <div class='quotemain'>The MotoGP world awaits the return to fitness of the many riders injured in the last few events, ahead of this weekend's German Grand Prix. Sete Gibernau (Ducati) and Toni Elias (Honda) are likely to return from injuries that forced them out of the last two races in Assen and Donington.
Gibernau broke his collarbone at Montmelo when he lost rear traction on the white line marking the pit exit, initiating the tumble that also saw team-mate Loris Capirossi and Marco Melandri miss the Catalan GP, with John Hopkins and Dani Pedrosa and Randy De Puniet also caught up in the mess.
Toni Elias came off during the practice session the following week in Assen, injuring his shoulder and preventing him from continuing theDutch TT also the final of the triple GP stint at Donington.
Describing every small bump like the stab of a knife, Capirossi went straight back to action after Barcelona and struggled his way to the last point in the Dutch TT with a courageous ninth at Donington.
Valentino Rossi also injured himself during the Dutch practice but struggled through the weekend with a fractured wrist and managed to finish eighth after starting at the back of the grid.
Donington one week later the seven time champion was still suffering but pulled out another gem for his fans, qualifying twelfth and roaring to second behind Dani Perosa to bring himself within 35 points of championship leader Nick Hayden for his pains.
Marco Melandri also struggled through Assen and Donington, but is on track for recovery after he went beyond the pain to complete the British GP podium.

well good news at last!!

http://www.eurosport.com/motorcycling/germ...sto923436.shtml

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Doctor @ Jul 11 2006, 02:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>The injuries Loris sustaned are internal injuries. It's not like you can massage, stretch or use injections to treat them. The other riders can use their adrenaline to push them through the pain but with adrenaline comes increased breathing...something Loris cannot do...
I am impressed with what he has been able to do but it will be a while longer before he will be 100%.

Agree 100%
his injury are worse then rossi's... are internal and he was injured to his chest before at PI so it's definatelly not well. The pain killers aren't working and the best recovery for him is rest, thing he coulnd't have until germany gp. So will see how he is after the practice sessions.
I belive he performed very well for it's condition and he's results can't be compared with Vale or Melandri performances - because the type injury they had is different.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <div class='quotemain'>Capirossi chose to race on, despite his injuries, in order to keep his world championship hopes alive but - although the Italian was tied with Nicky Hayden before his fall - he is now fifth in the championship and 46 points from the Repsol Honda rider.

"I hope to be 80 to 90 per cent fit for the race at Sachsenring. I don't think I will be 100 per cent fit because my doctors told me I would need 30 to 35 days from the accident to fully recover," said Loris, 15th at Assen and ninth at Donington Park. "The problem is that the injury is internal, so it's impossible to work on it effectively and it doesn't really respond to pain-killing therapies. I am looking forward to being able to ride properly once again.

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