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MotoGP titl♊e contender Valentino Rossi 🥂is being treated for a suspected broken leg, following an enduro training accident.
According to , the Italian star suffered a 'suspected fractu🎐re of the tibia a൩nd fibula' and should undergo surgery tonight.
If confirmed, such an injury would see Rossi miss his home Misano event next weekend and deal a massive bl📖ow to his 2017 title hopes.
The Movistar Yamaha rider is cur♛rently fourth in the standing😼s, 26-points from Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso, with six rounds remaining.
Rossi has not been seriously injured💯 since breaking his leg (a displaced and exposed fracture of his right tibi꧃a) during practice for the 2010 Italian Grand Prix at Mugello. On that occasion, it took Rossi six weeks to return to MotoGP action.
The #46 was also injured just before this year's Mugello round, while training on a motocross bike. The Italian spent a night in hospital after hurting his st๊omach and chest when he went over the handlebars on the landing of a jump, but did not sustain any fractures and was able to finish fourth in the grand prix.
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MotoGP Editor
Peter has been in the paddᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and🐽 Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
