Injury Update - Jeffrey Herlings

b0y2k (76)in #supercross • 6 years ago

Hi Steemers,

So with the FIM MXGP season due to kick off Red Bull KTM have confirmed that current World Champion Jeffrey Herlings will miss the season opener, the Grand Prix of Patagonia-Argentina at Neuquen. This is due to Herlings breaking his foot in pre season training and is a big deal for not only KTM but the MXGP series as well.

Rival teams and riders however will no doubt be glad for a head start on Herlings who was super dominant last year. The Dutchman won the season opener last year at this track in spectacular fashion and it stamped his dominance early on. That win in Argentina proved to be his first of his seventeen wins from nineteen GPs! wow...

Jeffrey Herlings

Factory Red Bull KTM

"I cannot really feel too much with my foot because of the cast but it seems to be progressing well after the operation and I'm looking forward to having some of the pins removed in a couple of weeks when I can also change the cast. It's a pity to miss Argentina. I think last year was one of the best races of the season. It's also one of my favourite tracks: wide, fast and sandy. It's a big shame that we won't be there but it is what it is."

Joel Smets

KTM Motocross Sport Director

"Jeffrey's injury is not as ‘simple' as a collarbone or another part of the body. It's quite tricky actually and it is something that we will have to monitor and look at the rehabilitation. Obviously a rider's foot comes under a lot of punishment in motocross with the many jumps and bumps. So we are being careful and will hopefully have a better idea in the coming weeks of how his recovery is going. Of course we will miss him in Argentina but the rest of the crew with Tony, Jorge and Tom means Red Bull KTM will still be ready to go for the kind of results Jeffrey would be shooting for."

Hopefully we will see 'The Bullet' back in action soon and I'm sure he will be looking to put another stamp on this years MXGP.