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After his crash during a practice session at Mantova last weekend, Jordi Tixier underwent a successful surgery in France and the Monster Energy Kawasaki MX2 rider will miss the rest of the season.

Coming back to France on Sunday with a painful hand, Tixier had surgery on Monday afternoon to replace a bone in his right hand.

Jordi Tixier: “I’m of course disappointed but that’s also part of racing and now I’m focus on my recovery. It has been a tough season, now it’s time to move to the MXGP class and enter a new chapter of my career always with Kawasaki.”

Professor Thierry Kapandji, a well-known specialist of the hand carried out surgery at the clinic de l’Yvette near Paris.

The bone has been replaced and pins were put in to fix the damage; the Frenchman has now to stay in a plaster for one month and will later enter a dedicated treatment that will keep away out of racing during the next two months.