Roczen Knee Injury

Hyper-extended knee the early sign after Roczen non-finish

Competition Post: Alex Gobert

Mishap in Salt Lake City denies him the chance of top-three in 450SX points.

Image: Octopi Media.

Progressive Insurance Ecstar Suzuki’s Ken Roczen sustained a hyper-extended knee in the 450SX main event at Salt Lake City, which cost him any chance of a top-three result in the final standings.

After winning heat one of the night, Roczen exited the final immediately after injuring his knee, however, later tried to rejoin in a bid to score points and move past Cooper Webb in points.

Regulations wouldn’t allow for the 29-year-old to get back on track and circulate, which meant he was ultimately credited fourth in the 2023 Monster Energy Supercross Championship aboard the RM-Z450, albeit tied with Webb. His lone win came in Indianapolis, making for six podiums in total.

“You couldn’t see much going back across the straightaway, so I took the really high line, but I almost crashed, put my foot out and absolutely hyper-extended my knee,” he recalled. “It was sharp pain right away, so that’s why I took that lap easy and went off. I’ve never really hurt my knee, so I don’t know what a messed up knee feels like, but it didn’t feel good right there. I’m going to have to see what the deal is.”

Roczen has signed to contest the upcoming World Supercross Championship (WSX) in an agreement with SX Global that will see him form part of the Pipes Motorsports Group (PMG) across the six-round series. It appears at this point he should be fit for the opening round in Birmingham come July

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Salt Lake City;

3 of the top 5 are not on the line for the start. Qualifers very boring! Most of the stars missing, a little rain, MDT zone, SuperCross you have a problem!

What do you think, any comments?

Imagine Tom Brady, Arron Rodgers and eight of their fellow QBs going into the last week of the NFL season unable to play because of injuries.The owners and fans would not be happy. The fans come to the stadiums, buy their tickets and expect to see the stars. Yes the sport is dangerous and injuries are part of the game but look at the few remaining factory riders in the 450 class. SX has a problem...I'm not sure what the solution is but something needs to change.

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Tomac, Webb, Barcia, Anderson, Stewart, Musquin, Plessinger, Craig, Ferrandis,

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Ferrandis Focuses On Motocross

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Former AMA 450MX Champion Dylan Ferrandis says he’s forgoing the rest of the Monster Energy Supercross Series so he can focus on the upcoming AMA Pro Motocross Championship.

Dylan Ferrandis will wait for the outdoor Pro Motocross Championship before making his comeback from injury.

Ferrandis suffered a head injury at the Houston Supercross and attempted a return at Daytona only to suffer another crash. The Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha Team rider was hoping to get back in action at the Nashville Supercross but made the decision before the race to forgo the rest of the Supercross season to focus entirely on the outdoor series, which starts later this month.

“Dylan has been making progress, but at this point in the season, our focus is to be ready for the start of the outdoor season,” Team Manager Jeremy Coker.

“I’m back on the bike for the second time this week,” said Ferrandis. “Our focus now is to be back for Pala, and I will do everything I can to be ready for the outdoor season.” CN

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"One thing for sure, I'm not going to make any decisions on my future right now. That will come maybe a month down the road or two, when I make a decision if I'm going to ride again. I'm just going to focus on getting healthy."

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