Kevin Strijbos crashes out with fractured pelvis
By TMX Archives on 9th Jan 14
The mild temperatures of the winter so far has meant that Lommel has been open for practice on a regular basis, but the Belgian sand track has been in a pretty desperate state and, less than a month after Ken De Dycker fractured his wrist at the venue, Kevin Strijbos has joined him on the sidelines with a fractured pelvis.
As in the case of De Dycker, Strijbos collided with a local amateur on the blind side of a jump.
The 28-year-old Rockstar Suzuki star has already been examined by renowned sports injuries surgeon Dr Claes at Herentals Hospital after the incident this morning and scans have revealed that a small portion of his pelvis had broken away. He is expected to be off a bike for a month.
"Obviously I'm pretty gutted about this," admitted Strijbos. "When I got to the face of the jump I saw someone waving but it was already too late to react and I landed with my front wheel just in front of the seat of the fallen bike. It's a setback, and a shame, as my preparations were going really well.
"We had a super-good training week with the team in Portugal and everything was heading in the right direction. Sadly it is one of those things that is a part of our sport.”
