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Guintoli ready to fight in Assen

Friday, 6 April 2012 09:40 GMT
Guintoli ready to fight in Assen

Good news for Sylvain Guintoli. The experienced French rider, who crashed in race 1 at Imola while attempting to avoid making contact with Leon Haslam at the Variante del Tamburello, didn't suffer any serious injuries when he hit the asphalt hard.


The Effenbert-Liberty Racing rider received the all-clear from doctors following a medical check-up on Monday and can now line up for the next round at the Assen TT circuit on April 22.


"I had a consultation with my doctor in the UK. The rib is not broken which is a great bonus and will make the recovery time a lot shorter once the heavy bruising goes away. Still I feel very frustrated about the Imola race day as we made such a great job during the practices. I felt ready to race for podiums once again and this was taken away by a mistake from another rider.


The good news is that the team, the bike and myself are "gelling" very well at the moment. So the result is some very good outright speed and pace on track. I am now looking forward to fight in Assen which is one of my favourite tracks".