It was announced last week that Jeffrey Herlings has suffered from a broken collarbone that will see him miss at last the next round of MXGP in Finland.
The five times world champion has now provided an update – he hasn’t had surgery and that isn’t in the plan so thinks he’ll be off the bike between 4-6 weeks. Not ideal in his bid to be back for the brutal MXGP of Lommel but let’s see how the recovery goes.
Herlings posted the following update on his Instagram story:
What’s up everyone? I got so many messages of what happened and about my collarbone, did I get surgery, didn’t I get surgery, was it bad, when are you back on the bike, how many races are you going to miss?
So, obviously last Monday I tipped over in a turn, fell on my elbow and broke my collarbone. It’s a very nice break so I didn’t need surgery, so I haven’t had surgery so far.
Obviously, you know when you don’t put a plate in, it’s normally going to take a bit longer but man I just hate surgery, so I didn’t want to take one and the goal is to be back on the bike somewhere between four and six weeks.
It could be a little quicker, could be a little longer, I don’t know. A lot depends on mother nature so let’s go day by day and week by week. Right now, we are just focused on the healing process and I hope to see all you guys back at the races as soon as possible.
