FEBVRE OUT OF MXGP
AND MX OF NATIONS
W
hile last month we brought you the
news that Frenchman Romain Febvre
was set to finish up his duties with the
official Yamaha team at the end of the 2019
MXGP season, it would appear that Febvre will
be hanging up his bLU cRU boots earlier than
planned after a crash at the Swedish GP.
Following a heavy fall in the final race at
Uddevalla, Sweden, it was confirmed that the
Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP rider
suffered a broken left femur.
After finishing second position in the opening
race, Febvre was chasing the Grand Prix victory
in Race 2. The former World Champion took the
holeshot and led the first 13-laps before high-
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siding over a single-jump after changing his line
to pass a rider who was one lap down. He landed
heavily on his left thigh and was immediately
taken to the trackside Medical Centre for
observation.
The doctors and paramedics onsite confirmed
that his left Femur was broken and transferred
him to Trollhättan hospital where he underwent
an operation the same day, Monday August
26 , to have a rod surgically inserted into the
bone for stability. The injury rules out Febvre
for the remainder of the MXGP season and has
also ended the multiple MX of Nations winner
a chance at representing his home nation of
France in this year’s event in The Netherlands.