Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider Jeffrey Herlings will not participate in this weekend’s Grand Prix of the Czech Republic at Loket for the fifth round of the 2021 MXGP World Championship.
The 26-year-old underwent further scans on his left shoulder blade earlier this week.
The initial fracture that had ruled him out of the second moto of his home Grand Prix last Sunday was more extensive than initially thought.
Another rider had landed on Herlings at the start of the first race at Oss, and although he was able to win the sprint, he was forced out of the second outing.
The four-times World Champion now has to convalesce to let the crack heal sufficiently.
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Jeffrey Herlings: “I don’t have pain in my shoulder for day-to-day life, but sports and especially something like motocross is a different story. We’ll sit out Loket to come back 100%. It’s a shame and something that wasn’t my fault, but it is what it is.”
via KTM
