Published on 28 January 2017

Breaking: Injured Herlings withdraws from Italy Rd1

Jeffrey Herlings has picked up a wrist injury and as a result will not be able to ride tomorrow at the first round of the Italian championship.

Its said Jeffrey has stretched a tendon in his wrist while training. We hope this is accurate as it shouldn’t keep him from missing his MXGP debut at the first round of the World championship in Qatar.

Offficial quote

“When we are just few hours from the start of the first big event of the season, the news of the absence of Jeffrey Herlings named in the paddock of the first round of the Internazionali d’Italia MX SDV series. The Dutch KTM factory rider, suffered the stretching of a wrist tendon during the training period in Sardinia. Back in Holland to make some check it has been advised by the doctors to rest, as a precaution.”