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From Cyclenews.com
Cycle News has learned from a reliable source that Mike Alessi suffered a potentially season-ending injury while practicing in Pennsylvania earlier today (Monday). According to the source, Alessi hit a patch of grass that caused his bike to slide into a fence post, splitting his knee cap.
“He will have surgery today, but any kind of surgery like that takes two months to recover from - so he is basically out for the year,” the source said. “It is extremely disappointing, especially after his performance in Texas.”
Alessi underwent an MRI this evening which revealed no ligament or tendon damage - only the damaged kneecap.
UPDATE: Cycle News spoke with Alessi's father, Tony, this morning (Tuesday) and he reported that Mike just came out of an hour-and-a-half surgery in which the doctors wired his kneecap back together. According to Mr. Alessi, the doctors called the process a complete success. "The doctor said the rest of the knee was perfect," said the elder Alessi. "He will be released tomorrow to go back to California. According to the doctor, it is likely he can ride the last four nationals. I just have to make sure everyone else is on board because I don't want to do anything no one else wants to do."
Alessi was hot off of a dominating performance at round three of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championships at Freestone Raceway in Wortham, Texas. The Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider led every lap in Texas, winning the first moto by a 13-second margin and the second by a whopping 27-second advantage. The win extended his lead in the series standings by six points over Chad Reed.
Just last year, Alessi suffered a devastating crash at Red Bud that kept him out of the final half of the outdoor series. Then, later in the year, while preparing for the Supercross series, Alessi suffered a broken leg.
Cycle News has learned from a reliable source that Mike Alessi suffered a potentially season-ending injury while practicing in Pennsylvania earlier today (Monday). According to the source, Alessi hit a patch of grass that caused his bike to slide into a fence post, splitting his knee cap.
“He will have surgery today, but any kind of surgery like that takes two months to recover from - so he is basically out for the year,” the source said. “It is extremely disappointing, especially after his performance in Texas.”
Alessi underwent an MRI this evening which revealed no ligament or tendon damage - only the damaged kneecap.
UPDATE: Cycle News spoke with Alessi's father, Tony, this morning (Tuesday) and he reported that Mike just came out of an hour-and-a-half surgery in which the doctors wired his kneecap back together. According to Mr. Alessi, the doctors called the process a complete success. "The doctor said the rest of the knee was perfect," said the elder Alessi. "He will be released tomorrow to go back to California. According to the doctor, it is likely he can ride the last four nationals. I just have to make sure everyone else is on board because I don't want to do anything no one else wants to do."
Alessi was hot off of a dominating performance at round three of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championships at Freestone Raceway in Wortham, Texas. The Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider led every lap in Texas, winning the first moto by a 13-second margin and the second by a whopping 27-second advantage. The win extended his lead in the series standings by six points over Chad Reed.
Just last year, Alessi suffered a devastating crash at Red Bud that kept him out of the final half of the outdoor series. Then, later in the year, while preparing for the Supercross series, Alessi suffered a broken leg.
"...I just have to make sure everyone else is on board because I don't want to do anything no one else wants to do."
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Glad to hear he might catch a few races the end of this season. It'd be great to see Mike finish the year with a few more wins for momentum into the off season.
I'm SUPER PUMPED for a smooth recovery..
The whole amateur national champions comment is a great point. I've raced both the Alessi's for many years in AM's & Pro's and they were unstoppable no doubt, but with PLENTY of speculation! You cant get away with a quarter of what you can in the amateur ranks in the big time.
Pit Row
Speedy recovery to the ohh holy builder of hype..Mr. "Holeshot" Alessi
Its a shame your out, it would have shut lots of people up...
Next year
Interesting how your reasoning works.
btw, stfu noob.
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