Rossi has rod removed from leg

autosport.com

Mon, 06 Feb 19:15:22 2012

Valentino Rossi has undergone surgery to remove the metal rod that was placed in his right tibia when he broke his leg in 2010.

The Mugello practice crash nearly two years ago forced Rossi to miss several races, ending his 2010 title bid. The rod has remained in his leg since then.

Today's operation at Cattolica's Cervesi hospital was a complete success, and Rossi will be fully fit for the next MotoGP test at Sepang from 28 February to 1 March.

His Ducati team-mate Nicky Hayden was also having surgery today to attend to shoulder damage sustained in a training accident just after Christmas.

 

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  1. @Callum,

    Rossi is a true champion and proven­ developer, he does not a need secondary school guy like­ you to criticize him.

    From M, on Thu 23 Feb 5:52
  2. hi bloggers
    first thing hope rossi gets fully race­ fit
    he is the daddy of the race tract but can he keep­ up with the young blood
    it's hard to just walk­ away from millonsof pounds in sponcer money
    that crash­ would have put 99%of road bikers off riding again
    this­ year he to prove that he can mixed it up with the young­ blood i would hate him to turn into a f1 shoo macka

    From bandit scott, on Thu 23 Feb 2:14
  3. M , always an excuse for rossi! And he inherited a bike­ that was winning races at the end of previous year ,­ would have thought rossi could have won on it? Or did­ his average development skills mess up the bike that­ bad?

    From callum_mansell, on Wed 22 Feb 15:45
  4. @ callum_mansell,

    lol, maybe you never watched 2006­ and 2007 and just heard some rubbish while having deer­ at your local pub !! He was unlucky in both 2006 and­ 2007, he got knocked out, got worst rubber. He at lead­ had balls to jump off of the best bike and try the­ slowest bike. in 2010 got injured and 2011 inherited a­ lame bike that designed around stoner.You're just­ fooling yourself if you think Rossi is finished. Just­ watch it !!

    From M, on Wed 22 Feb 14:54
  5. M , rossi lost the championship because he couldnt­ handle the presure , if you actually watched the race­ at valencia in 2006! You will know what im talking­ about , that year hayden was consistant whereas rossi­ wasnt , he lost fair and square , do you think he was­ unlucky in 2007 and 2011?

    From callum_mansell, on Wed 22 Feb 7:57
  6. @Callum,

    Maybe Glyn is right when he said you­ didn't watch races. I doubt if you have watch any­ of 2006-2007 season. lol Rossi got beaten fair and­ square in 2006??? lol lol lol . Rossi won more races in­ 2006 than Hayden?? Then how come he was beaten fair and­ square??? You don't have no clue about what­ you're saying, you just say something... lol go to­ school kid !!

    From M, on Wed 22 Feb 7:51
  7. Glyn689 , i said IF the bikes were all the same stoner­ still would have won , yes rossi was faster but­ everybody else also went faster than last years times­ so that shows that , stoner if he was on the duc last­ year would have gone faster than rossi as his times­ would have improved from the previous years , and plus­ track conditions were different

    From callum_mansell, on Tue 21 Feb 22:02
  8. @ callum which bit do you not understand if mr rossi­ was faster on the duke how does that make him slower­ and are you saying the honda had no advantage because­ if you are you obviously didn't watch the racing­ last season

    From glyn689, on Tue 21 Feb 21:08
  9. Glyn689 , if stoner was on ducati last year he would­ have won at least 3 races , stoner would have beaten­ rossi at every race if they were both on ducati because­ stoner is now simply just a faster rider! I find it­ amusing that valentinees always seem say its the bike­ when stoner wins and say he was lucky and when its­ rossi wins its his skill? Stoner would have won last­ year if everybody had same bike anyway , rossi has­ always had advantage with his bikes until now and what­ happens? He only just about beat his teamate!

    From callum_mansell, on Tue 21 Feb 20:18
  10. @ callum again you don't seem to understand you say­ mr rossi could not ride the duke like mr stoner could,­ so how come mr rossi on the duke was faster than mr­ stoner on the duke at some circuits if he's­ finished as i tried to explain to you the honda was the­ big difference last season mr pedrossa and dovizioso­ only finished where they did because the honda was that­ good put several other riders on that bike and mr­ stoner back on last seasons duke and guess what mr­ stoner would not have been no1

    From glyn689, on Tue 21 Feb 7:41
  11. @M , why do you always use excuses for rossi? "he­ was unlucky" maybe he just beaten fair and square­ ehh , ever thought about that? And rossi isnt god ok?­ He is beatable and that has already been proven ,­ stoner may not win 6 in a row but he will win alot of­ championships , his only real competition is lorenzo ,­ at least at monent!

    @glyn689 , like i said rossi isnt­ god! Rossi's mind games wont work on stoner anymore­ because stoner knows rossi is no longer a threat! His­ winning time is done im afraid , and stoner can win on­ any bike , because he has the balls to push the bike to­ the limit!

    From callum_mansell, on Tue 21 Feb 7:31
  12. @ callum please uderstand what is written stoner may­ have won on the duke but he wouldn't have last year­ the hondas were just to strong thats how come mr rossi­ althouth being FASTER at some tracks than mr stoner was­ on the duke didn't make a dent on the hondas no one­ would have beaten mr stoner on that honda apart from mr­ rossi who if didn't have the outright pace would­ have annihilated him mentally and perhaps forced him­ into another bout of lactose intollerance

    From glyn689, on Tue 21 Feb 1:05
  13. @callum,

    You failed again, not even loads of plausible­ mumble jumble can help you. You actually think Stoner­ will win 6 titles in a row??? lol you can just dream­ about it. The only rider capable of doing that is­ Rossi, and he could've done it if wast unlucky.

    From M, on Mon 20 Feb 21:02
  14. I hope Rossi Has a sppedy recovery

    From Brian, on Mon 20 Feb 16:56
  15. @glyn689 , ducati were winning with stoner???? Not to­ mention hayden was doing a fantastic job on that bike­ in 2010! And yes rossi may be faster on some tracks ,­ doesnt matter this year stoner was faster than everyone­ at basically every track! There is nothing wrong with­ the bike its just rossi wont ride it like stoner which­ seems to be the only way to make it work! STONER FOR­ 2012!

    From callum_mansell, on Mon 20 Feb 8:04
  16. @ callum you are right but now you'll like this mr­ stoner had 3 seasons in 125 & 250 no titles and on­ factory ktm and aprilia 2 seasons on honda only 1 title­ plus this is the bit you'll really like when mr­ rossi took over the duke it had been developed by mr­ stoner for 3 seasons and was a donkey to say the least­ although mr rossi on some tracks on said duke was­ actally faster than mr stoner was, check times yourself­ plus this was the season of NO ABSOLUTELY NO TESTING to­ sort out the machine that was inherited not unlike mr­ stoner who won both of his 2 titles on machinery­ developed by riders who knew how to set up a bike do­ you like this little insight curious to read your­ answer

    From glyn689, on Mon 20 Feb 5:27
  17. Sparra1967 , stoner hardly crashed in 2011! Unlike­ rossi who crashed in basically race in the last few­ rounds and also crashed at least 2 times at every­ track! Rossi has more trophys but he is 6 years older­ than stoner and 6 years more racing for stoner could =­ 6 more WDC , not to mention stoner has been on ducati­ for 4 years of his motogp carear which i think we all­ know is probably the most difficult bike to ride! Rossi­ has always had advantage with his bike until now and­ look what happens , he looses.

    From callum_mansell, on Sat 18 Feb 18:17
  18. Mansel - Stoners daughter was on the same day as­ Valentino - do you think he i=will get an invite to­ their birthday parties - he could bring all his­ trophies to put the wind up Casey............

    From sparra1967, on Sat 18 Feb 6:06
  19. Mansel - Stoners daughter was on the same day as­ Valentino - do you think he i=will get an invite to­ their birthday parties - he could bring all his­ trophies to put the wind up Casey............

    From sparra1967, on Sat 18 Feb 4:58
  20. he falls off a lot

    From sparra1967, on Sat 18 Feb 4:51
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