Valentino Rossi: 'I'm lucky nothing is broken'
"I think my Motocross career is over! I feel lucky because with that crash it's very easy to break something " - Valentino Rossi.
Valentino Rossi is feeling 'lucky' and 'optimistic' ahead of this weekend's home Italian MotoGP, after suffering a big accident while training on a motocross bike last Thursday.
The Italian spent a night in hospital after injuring his stomach and chest when he went over the handlebars on the landing of a jump.
The Movistar Yamaha rider was officially passed fit to ride on Thursday, but will not know the level of pain and any breathing difficulties until tomorrow's free practice sessions.
"I was in Cavallara, which is one of my favourite motocross tracks," Rossi said of his accident. "Unfortunately on the landing of a jump, I landed one-metre outside of the track where the ground was soft. So when I landed the bike stopped and I went over the front, and took the handlebar here [points to stomach] and also a big hit to the ground.
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