DESALLE TO ATTEMPT FRENCH MXGP AFTER CRASH

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#DESALLE TO ATTEMPT FRENCH #MXGP AFTER CRASH



Team Suzuki Press Office – May 20.

Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP’s Clement Desalle will undergo treatment on his right shoulder and will try to contest the Grand Prix of France – round eight of 18in the FIM MXGP Motocross World Championship – tomorrow morning after suffering two crashes during practice and qualification around the short and compact Villars sous Ecot circuit near the Swiss border today.

A large turnout of spectators found vantage points around the steep hillside venue and the hard-pack terrain was tough to deal with in terms of grip and lines. The French soil was watered before the 20-minute Qualification Heat and became even trickier to judge.

Desalle had a problem earlier in the Timed Practice session when he clipped a stone and fell. Holding his shoulder, the Belgian – who had set the second-fastest lap-time - needed some attention for discomfort and pain around the joint. Able to take to the line for the Qualification Heat ‘#25’ made a good start but felt a twinge in his shoulder after over-jumping a table-top before the finish line. Unfortunately he hit the dirt again immediately after as he was struck by Todd Waters and then once more by Nico Aubin and this led to his retirement and the end of a heavy day. Nursing his left knee as well as his upper torso Desalle was unsure of his condition to compete on Sunday but left the facility Saturday evening with the goal of trying to compete and take points.

Elsewhere in MXGP, Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe’s Glenn Coldenhoff ran to 15th place and team-mate Jeremy Seewer took a bright seventh position on the RM-Z250 in MX2.

More cloudy but dry conditions are predicted for the Grand Prix motos tomorrow.

Clement Desalle:

“At the moment I don’t know if I will ride but I will try. I have some pain in my shoulder and my left knee also. I need to make some checks in the medical centre and I will know more later.”

MXGP Classification Heat: 1. Febvre, Romain FRA Yamaha 24:33.984. 2. Paulin, Gautier FRA Honda 24:40.492. 3. Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 24:46.977. 4. Van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL Yamaha 24:49.101. 5. de Dycker, Ken BEL KTM 24:53.695. 6. Nagl, Maximilian GER Husqvarna 24:55.778. 7. Simpson, Shaun GBR KTM 25:00.716. 8. Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 25:00.848. 9. Waters, Todd AUS Husqvarna 25:10.349. 10. Charlier, Christophe FRA Honda 25:10.871. 15. Coldenhoff, Glenn NED Suzuki 25:18.427. 18. Alessi, Mike USA Suzuki 25:32.802. 23. Ullrich, Dennis GER Suzuki 26:04.108. 32. Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 1:41.087.

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