[Ducati] BAYLISS RETURNS HOME TO MONTE CARLO AFTER OPERATION

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>From Ducati Corse:
 
Tuesday Apr 3 2007 


BAYLISS  RETURNS HOME TO MONTE CARLO AFTER OPERATION 


Bologna (Italy), Tuesday 3 April 2007: Ducati Xerox Team rider Troy Bayliss  
has returned to his Monte Carlo home following an operation on his injured 
hand  on Sunday afternoon in the UK.  
The Australian had a weekend of ups and downs at Donington Park. First on  
Friday he celebrated his 38th birthday, on Saturday he set pole position and  
then he high-sided out at Coppice on lap 6 of the first race on Sunday. He was  
taken to the Clinica Mobile in the circuit, but doctors decided to send him to 
 the nearby Derbyshire Royal Infirmary for immediate surgery. The operation  
consisted of the removal of the top two bones (intermediate and distal  
phalanges) of the little finger of his right hand. During the crash Troy had  also 
received a powerful blow in the groin region and due to concerns,  specialists 
at the Derby hospital also carried out checks in that area before  giving him 
the OK to leave. 
Troy was discharged late on Monday afternoon and flew back to Monte  Carlo. 
Troy Bayliss is now resting at home and he will undergo a reassessment of his 
 injuries on Friday. Race regulations require a further medical check on 
Thursday  of next week before Troy can be declared fit to race, but all signs 
point to the  Australian being able to return to the track for the next round of 
the World  Superbike championship at Valencia on April 13-15. 
"The crash happened so quickly that I don't remember my hand going under the  
handlebar or anything" declared Troy. "The only thing I remember when I 
stopped  was pain in my groin, I didn't feel the hand at all. Basically I crashed 
through  corner speed, trying to make a gap on James which I was doing and in 
this one  corner the back came around on me and went into a slide/chatter. 
Normally I  would save it but Coppice has a little rise and the bike came back as 
it crested  the rise and that set it off in a different direction and I didn't 
have a chance  at saving it. I'm confident I'm going to be fine for Valencia. 
It's hard to say  after one day but I feel like things are coming along OK 
and I've still got  plenty of days to recover. I feel like I can get on a 
motorbike now but I won't  know that until I do. Hopefully in just a week and a half 
you'll see the usual  Troy!". 
David Mitchell, the newly-appointed head of brand and marketing  
communications of Xerox Europe who met Troy for the first time at the Donington  weekend, 
declared: "On behalf of Xerox, I would like to express our concern for  Troy's 
wellbeing. Our thoughts are with him after Sunday's horrible accident and  we 
wish him a speedy recovery. Along with the team and all his race fans, we are 
 all looking forward to him getting back out on the track again as soon as  
possible."



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