WORLD NEWS
TONI BOU UNDERGOES FIBULA OPERATION
words & photos courtesy of HRC
The Repsol Honda Team Trial rider underwent surgery on Wednesday afternoon at the Barcelona ’ s Mi Tres Torres Clinic after suffering a fall during training .
Toni Bou , twenty-eight time Trial world champion , fell whilst training and needed an urgent operation in order to guarantee a short period of convalescence . The operation , undergone at the
Mi Tres Torres Clinic , consisted of osteosynthesis with a fibula plate in the left leg , performed by Dr . Josep Torrent and Dr . Maurise Saur from iMove Traumatology under the supervision of
team doctor Joaquim Terricabras
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The estimated period of convalescence ordered by the doctor should be around ten days . Toni Bou is expected to be back on the bike within three weeks to re-commence preparations for the
Trial World Championship season opener .
The TrialGP World Championship campaign gets underway on June 12 and 13 in Tolmezzo , Italy and Toni Bou is expected to be able to participate in this opening round at full fitness .