Alex Rins' length of absence confirmed; set for second surgery on broken leg

A statement on Monday confirmed: “Alex Rins is flying today to Sp🔯ain to continue his healing process after the injury he sustained last Saturday at the Italian Grand Prix.&n𒆙bsp;
“Having his tibia and fibula immobilised through an external fixator, Alex will undergo a second surgery later this week in Madrid to internally fix his bones and start 💞rec🃏overing.
“The Spanish rider will miss the German and Dutch Gꦓrand Prix.”
The LCR Hondᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚa rider fওell and broke his leg in the sprint race at the Italian MotoGP.
A successful initial surgery was the first step𝔉 to a long recovery process.
The earliest he might be back is for the Bri෴tish MotoGP at Silverstone on August 6.

But the severity of his injury could mean that Rins is sidelined even loꦍnger.
Honda endured a disastrౠous weekend 🌱at Mugello with three of their riders having accidents.
Joan Mir broke a finger wꩲhich ruled him out of the races, Rins broke a leg, then Marc Marquez fell out of the grand ༺prix but fortunately avoided injury.
Marquez later criticised that the trio of riders were forced to over-ride the 🌄Honda machinery and take “too much risk”, resulting in their falls.

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