Toseland retires due to disability

As already said, its sad that JT has to call it a day. I'm sure he'll find something to occupy his mind and not waste any of the talent he has.

Good Luck JT. :( 8-)
 
I have some sympathy for him, but it's not total; he was told how serious it was, ignored medical advice and got back on too early. If he'd written the season off, he'd have been back next year.

Its such a waste of talent...
 
GSpot said:
Where did u hear that??
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Scale of the injury here:
http://www.jamestoseland.com/news/737/Toseland_out_of_action_for_at_least_six_weeks.aspx

Riding even when scale of injury known:
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/World-Superbikes/2011/June/9june-wsb-Toseland/

The docs warned him of the risks:
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&so...sg=AFQjCNE51MX4oHGykynD6kYs3QJi3iVsCA&cad=rja

Riding against Doctors advise:
A snippet I heard on Sky Sports News

At the end of the day, he knew the damage, and the doctors will have told him the risks; it's up to him to listen to them or not. He believed it would be fixed in 4 weeks; it wasn't, he knew it, and even knowing the potential risks to permanent injury, he raced anyway and he crashed. Did the crash make the injury much worse/permanent? We can't say or will probably never know, but the given the injury specifics the chances were extremely high. He must have known how compromised his performance would be, within 2-3 gear changes of getting on the bike again.

He gambled that "it should be ok" and rode; the gamble didn't pay off, and - maybe - the injury was made far worse, and permanent.

He should not have raced - but I understand the pressure for him to do so. The pressure comes from inside, and externally. It wouldn't have been an easy decision to say "no, the wrist isn't ready yet".

Such as shame - he is/was one of my favourite riders too.
 
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