Tim Gajser Injured at Italian Championship
Cycle News Staff | February 20, 2023
Bad news today out of the MXGP world as defending MX1 champion Tim Gajser was injured at the Italian Championship in Trentino. These national championship races serve as warm ups for the MXGP regulars and Gajser along with other heavy hitters attended this event. The crash happened in the second moto when Gajser lost control and crashed off the back of the bike. He suffered a broken right femur and is undetermined on a return. The official press release can be read below.
Team HRC’s Tim Gajser had a crash in the second moto at the Italian International Championship in Arco di Trento, landing heavily after a big jump, and having to be taken off the track by medics.
After a full check-up at the hospital, Gajser was discovered to have broken his right femur and will now have an operation to repair the injury. Once that has taken place it will be easier to determine a timetable for his return to action, but at this moment, we wish Tiga all the best with his surgery and hope he is back to full health soon.
Gajser had just finished second in the first moto at the Trentino track, and had been using the Italian series as a warm-up before the beginning of the 2023 MXGP World Championship, where he would be trying to defend his fifth world title that he won in 2022.
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