Three operations, shock waves, US specialists: Marc Márquez's ordeal and an uncertain future

Sunday August 2.

First thing in the morning,

opens a window in his house in Cervera, notices a cracking sound in his right humerus, wakes up the physiotherapist

who has settled in with him and, immediately, both call the pilot's representative,

, to alert you.

Something is wrong.

Something is really wrong.

The nightmare that began on July 19 with his accident in Jerez and continued a week later when he tried to reappear has not ended, quite the opposite.

Hours after the window and the creaking, Dr.

at the Hospital Universitari Dexeus in Barcelona confirms what no one expected, that the titanium plate placed on Márquez had broken and that he would have to undergo surgery for the second time in 15 days.

The six-time MotoGP champion accepts that the season is over, his assistants accept that his season is over, Repsol Honda accepts that the season is over, but everyone agrees on one goal: to return in the last races to regain shape. and face the 2021 World Cup in conditions.

"In two or three months he will be able to return," the team announces and, in a self-interview, Márquez expresses his desire for it to be "a month and a half."

Before several races, at the end of September in Montmeló, in mid-October in Aragón or at the beginning of November in Cheste, the pilot's return is hinted, but the season ends in white.

Thursday, December 3.

At the end of the night - 11:11 p.m. - Repsol Honda confirms that Márquez has undergone surgery for the third time at the Ruber Internacional hospital in Madrid.

"The surgery, carried out by a team made up of doctors

and

, consisted of removing the previous plate and placing a new plate with contribution of iliac crest graft, associated with a cortico-periosteal free flap ", states the statement.

The intervention recognizes that since that August 2 there was never a possibility of returning and that the future is uncertain: Márquez will miss the preseason and very possibly the start of the World Cup.

What happened in the four months between the two operating rooms?

Márquez's environment has never been so hermetic, but some details of his convalescence are known.

It is known that his right arm was in plaster for much of August, that in September he used carbon protection and that at the end of that month he began to live without it, reserving it only for his bicycle training.

Some workouts that discovered the problem.

In his quiet cycling outings, both on asphalt and in the mountains, Márquez began to see that the sensations of the gym were not a mirage and that something was wrong again.

The arm lacked strength, the bone didn't quite weld, riding a motorcycle like that would be crazy.

Márquez tried therapies such as shock waves, sought second and third medical opinions in Austria and the United States, and in the end came to accept that he would have to have surgery again.

A pseudoarthrosis in the right humerus now forces him to more months of rehabilitation and another stoppage, to more lost races.

For now, Repsol Honda is already looking for a more substantial replacement than

, with

as a possibility.

What will happen in the next World Cup is anyone's guess.

Whether Márquez will be eligible for the title or if even the injury weighs on him the rest of his career are questions that will take weeks and even months to resolve.

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