Paul Carruthers | June 5, 2010
MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi will undergo surgery today to repair a compound fracture of his right tibia after crashing out of this morning’s practice session for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello.Rossi crashed his Fiat Yamaha M1 in the fast chicane at the top fo the hill (turn 13) at Mugello and was taken to the circuit medical center for X-rays. From there, Rossi was airlifted to the Careggi Hospital in Florence where doctors found that the seven-time MotoGP World Champion had “suffered a displaced and exposed fracture to the third medium of the right shinbone,” according to a statement issued today by Yamaha.Rossi has not missed a race since making his 125cc GP debut in 1996.
Paul Carruthers | Editor
Paul Carruthers took over as the editor of Cycle News in 1993 after serving as associate editor since starting his career at the publication in 1985. Carruthers has covered every facet of the sport in his near-28-year tenure at America's Daily Motorcycle News Source.
