BAYLISS RETURNS HOME TO MONTE CARLO AFTER OPERATION
Ducati Xerox Team rider Troy Bayliss has returned to his
Monte Carlo home following an operation on his injured hand
on Sunday afternoon in the UK.
The Australian had a weekend of ups and downs at Donington
Park. First on Friday he celebrated his 38th birthday, on
Saturday he set pole position and then he high-sided out at
Coppice on lap 6 of the first race on Sunday. He was taken
to the Clinica Mobile in the circuit, but doctors decided
to send him to the nearby Derbyshire Royal Infirmary for immediate
surgery. The operation consisted of the removal of the top
two bones (intermediate and distal phalanges) of the little
finger of his right hand. During the crash Troy had also received
a powerful blow in the groin region and due to concerns, specialists
at the Derby hospital also carried out checks in that area
before giving him the OK to leave.
Troy was discharged late on Monday afternoon and flew back
to Monte Carlo.
Troy Bayliss is now resting at home and he will undergo a
reassessment of his injuries on Friday. Race regulations require
a further medical check on Thursday of next week before Troy
can be declared fit to race, but all signs point to the Australian
being able to return to the track for the next round of the
World Superbike championship at Valencia on April 13-15.
"The crash happened so quickly that I don't remember
my hand going under the handlebar or anything" declared
Troy. "The only thing I remember when I stopped was pain
in my groin, I didn't feel the hand at all. Basically I crashed
through corner speed, trying to make a gap on James which
I was doing and in this one corner the back came around on
me and went into a slide/chatter. Normally I would save it
but Coppice has a little rise and the bike came back as it
crested the rise and that set it off in a different direction
and I didn't have a chance at saving it. I'm confident I'm
going to be fine for Valencia. It's hard to say after one
day but I feel like things are coming along OK and I've still
got plenty of days to recover. I feel like I can get on a
motorbike now but I won't know that until I do. Hopefully
in just a week and a half you'll see the usual Troy!".
David Mitchell, the newly-appointed head of brand and marketing
communications of Xerox Europe who met Troy for the first
time at the Donington weekend, declared: "On behalf of
Xerox, I would like to express our concern for Troy's wellbeing.
Our thoughts are with him after Sunday's horrible accident
and we wish him a speedy recovery. Along with the team and
all his race fans, we are all looking forward to him getting
back out on the track again as soon as possible."
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