Iker Lecuona has revealed 🍬the physical challenge of returning to WorldSBK action after five months with almost no ✨riding.

The Honda 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike rider was injured at last year’s final WorldSBK round in Jerez, then again during training in January. He wasn’t able to partici𝄹pate in either of the two weather-affected European tests, and in Australia he crashed himself out of the weekend at Lukey Heights in Superpole with a fractured metacarpal in his left foot.

Returning to action one month later at the Portuguese Round in Portimao 𝓰– having been forced to miss the Portimao test a couple of weeks before the race weekend – t൲he Spanish rider had barely ridden since the Superpole Race at Jerez back in October.

“I need to say that after the Superpole Race, when the adrenaline dropped, I was done, I was on the chair in the box and was al🐟most asleep in the chair,” Lecuona joked after Race 2 when s♓peaking to WorldSBK.com.

“So, of course, after💖 five months without riding any bike, it was not e𝕴asy to manage [physically], but for this part also I’m even more happy.

“So, we can manage the physical condition, we can manage the j♓ob, we can manage everything – even the attitude when I’m inside the box I don’t care. So, really happy.”

Lecuona added that the Portuguese Round was the first time he’d been able to ride a bike without 🍰any pain since his crash at the Spanish Round last October.

“It’s the first time since October ꦇthat I ♑can ride the bike without any pain,” he said.

“We worked very hard during this winter, or these five months that I need to recover the body, to recover the mind – mentally I dropped a lot at the beginning, but I could manage the situation with family, the psychologist, friends. Everyone tried💙 to help me to arrive to Portimao and to be ready to fight.

“I’m really happy also for myself because at the end on Friday I was [16th], but I didn’t ღcare about my position, I looked more about my feeling, I looked at the job we did inside the box; and I’m really happy with the team, also.

“I say thanks to the 🎉team because they don’t put me under any pressure, it’s the opposite [because] they tried to stop me [coming back too soon], and this gave me an extra calmn🐻ess to work with them.”

The results were also som🐟ething for Lecuona to be pleased about, even an 11th in Race 1.

“We did a really good job [on Saturday] – 11th in Superpole,11th in the raceඣ – but still we had something to find on the bike,” he explained.

“This morning, in Warm Up, we found it, and honestly in the Superpole Race I didn’t expect that pace – ninth, with ever💎yone on tr✤ack, is really nice for me.

“Also, in Race 2, before the red flag I was [able to be sixth]𓂃. In the restart, okay, fight a little bit, I almost crashed a few times and I wanted to finish so I f𒐪inished eighth but still it was a really good performance for me.

“After a lot of months, I’m really happy.”