How is Marquez?
Last May 10, Marc Marquez underwent a double operation in Madrid, on the fractured fifth metatarsal of his right foot and on his right shoulder.
Doctors reopened the shoulder – which had already been operated on multiple times – to remove two screws and a bone fragment that had shifted and were compressing the radial nerve. The Spanish champion had been downplaying his physical condition since the beginning of the season, but at Mugello he had confided that in the weeks leading up to the operation, he couldn’t even write at the end of the race because his hand was shaking.
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The nerve is okay, but what about the muscles?
It’s no secret that in the days following Mugello, Marc Marquez rested, treating the inflammation in his shoulder with ice. In particular, Davide Tardozzi revealed how the rider was particularly suffering on Tuesday. The manager then added: “Marc is holding back a lot and rationing his strength, to be ready for the next GPs. He’s afraid to push it.” And Marquez himself, at the end of the Balaton free practice, once again addressed the issue of his physical condition, without hiding a certain uneasiness about the uncertainty of whether he will be able to return at least to being the same rider as in 2025.
“I hoped to feel a bit better, because of the left-hand corners,” Marquez began on Dazn Spain, adding: “But immediately, when I pushed hard on the second lap of FP1, I pushed for two laps against my feelings, against what I wanted. And I felt a bit strange. So I decided to slow down and save muscles and strength for tomorrow.”
Marquez lacks strength in his right arm, as mentioned on Sky Italia: “The ‘numbers’ I’ve put together in the gym since the operation are not sufficient or in any case significantly lower than standard training.”
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On Dazn Spain he then added: “At Mugello I solved the nerve problem. That is resolved. Now it remains to be seen how far the muscles can go. I’ve said it and I’ll say it again: when the arm is opened from the elbow to the clavicle seven times, the muscles are affected. And this is where the doubt remains: how far can I push myself muscularly, now that the nerves are working correctly?”, Marquez wondered. A question that may begin to have an answer after next weekend’s break, with the Brno race on June 21.
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