News 24 Aug 2013

Spies undergoes dual shoulder surgery following Indianapolis incident

American Ben Spies has undergone dual shoulder surgery following his crash at the Indianapolis round of the MotoGP World Championship last weekend.

American Ben Spies has undergone double shoulder surgery. Image: Ben Spies' Twitter.

American Ben Spies has undergone double shoulder surgery. Image: Ben Spies’ Twitter.

American Ben Spies has undergone dual shoulder surgery following his crash at the Indianapolis round of the MotoGP World Championship last weekend.

The multiple-time AMA Superbike and World Superbike Champion confirmed the news via Twitter yesterday from the US.

“Double shoulder surgery for 2 hrs!,” he posted with the accompanying image.

Pramac Ducati rider Spies crashed in FP3 at Indy in his return to racing following an absence from the previous seven grands prix.

According to Cycle News in the US, Spies has now been confirmed to have a grade five left shoulder separation which required urgent surgery.

It was then decided to conduct surgery on his troublesome right shoulder at the same time during the operation.

The crash at Indianapolis also resulted in a sprained ligament in Spies’ left hand. Once again, he is subbed for by Ducati Team test rider Michele Pirro at Brno this weekend.

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