Livia Lancelot Is Ready To Rip In Bulgaria!

We check in with Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing’s rising female starlet Livia Lancelot - one of Kawasaki's greatest hopes of winning a world title in 2008 - just days before her first GP of the year...

Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing’s Livia Lancelot led the 2007 Women’s World Cup before a devastating knee injury almost sidelined the feisty French femme before the final round at Lierop. But despite being in massive amounts of pain, Lancelot toughed it out at one of the world’s toughest sand circuits to secure second in the championship behind Katherine Prumm and ahead of Maria Franke to make it a Kawasaki KX250F 1-2-3 in the final series standings.

After enduring surgery just one week after the Lierop race, Livia was sidelined for the following six months, which meant her preparations for the 2008 season were held back as she awaited the all clear to continue riding once more.

With the first round of the inaugural Women’s Motocross World Championship to be held at Sevleivo in Bulgaria just days away we interrupted the Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing team’s rising female starlet’s pre-event training schedule to find out just how her preparation is coming along.

You underwent surgery last autumn and spent much of the winter recovering – what was the surgery for and how bad was the original injury?

“I snapped the ligaments in my left knee at a French championship round last year and after that twisted it another five times – one time in the first moto at Lierop. I got surgery in September the week after Lierop and didn’t ride for six months after. I started training again in March and raced for the first time since my injury since April.”

Are you now fully fit and ready for round one of the world championship this weekend?

“My knee isn't painful anymore but my muscle isn't as strong as the right one yet. I’ve been working really hard for the past two months and I will do my best this weekend in Bulgaria.”