The disappointment for Ben Townley continues as he picked up another injury in 2016. Townley was anticipating his first competitive outing at Talavera, but a crash while riding yesterday required a medical check on the New Zealander’s left wrist and ribs and has left him needing to withdraw from the weekend and start another recovery process.
“I went down today and hit my wrist, ribs and banged my head a bit,” he said. “I’ll need a few days off again. The wrist is not broken but the doctor told me I’d need to rest it and start some treatment. I will have to go day-by-day and see where I can get to. That’s all I know at the moment.”
What many hoped would be a return to the top of the MXGP standings has just continued what has been a rather sad career of a rider who many feel could have been as good as an Antonio Cairoli or Ryan Villopoto.
