Gabriel Marcelli scores two podiums with four broken ribs

Gabriel Marcelli (O Rosal, 2000) was planted in a double term Spanish trial championship in Pobladura de las Regueras with four broken ribs, ignoring medical advice and not knowing how his body would react. The result was third and second place, defying the pain and managing to “ride at a good level” despite the adversity. To compete physically exhausted It’s not new for him, he’s been doing it all season, but this time he did great.

The Honda driver explains that he suffered this failure in the drop during training a couple of weeks ago. Estimated recovery time was about four. “I felt better days before, I decided to go and we take good care of the furniture», indicates the way the balance works. He was far from 100% and noticed that he was tiring more than usual, but he believes he coped well under the circumstances.

He the pain didn’t go away not at any point during the weekend, but it was relatively tolerable. “Since I sat on a motorcycle, I have always felt uncomfortable. But considering the severity of the injury, he forgave me a lot and I was able to ride at a good level, which was questionable.” He was aware that he might get a stab or that the pain would increase during the test and would not allow him to finish it. ” And that was two days of racing. There were no sprints and that’s it, there were two,” he recalls.

The team doctor recommended rest and warned him of the risks, but did not prohibit him from competing. “The doctor knows that we have goals, that we fight for positions,” he says. so i gave tips and instructions for “protect the area as best as possible, to fight the pain and bear it in the best way possible. Besides the fact that “no doctor is going to recommend you run with four broken ribs,” he himself knew that he was exposing himself to another blow or bad gesture that would make the problem worse.

Marcelli, however, was clear that he wanted to “go there and try,” s uncertainty of what would happen. “When I saw that it was impossible and there was no way to do anything, I would try to finish the stages that I could and if I saw that I had the opportunity, try to keep third place overall and get on the podium,” which was the scenario that finished giving. With third and second place, he is now third overall, with options to catch his predecessor, who is five points adrift, and be runner-up.

Now that it’s gone well, Rosaleiro is satisfied, but admits he wondered if it was worth it. “You can give yourself another shot dangerously. There are still two weeks left until the World Cup race in Italy, that’s two days, and there was a danger of going backwards in evolution,” he notes. Fortunately, that didn’t happen and the recovery period ends just in time for the next term of the international competition.

So the next thing is don’t believe it and be very careful in these fifteen days remaining until your next obligation. “The doctor has already told me that even though I did the race and I feel good, it does not mean that I have recovered and that it is better not to train for a few days”, he reveals. He is aware that the bones haven’t finished digesting yet, and he won’t get back on the bike until next week. “Every day that passes I will come out stronger, I will have more resistance and hopefully I will arrive in Italy ready to put all the meat on the grill.”

A long history of injuries

Last season, Marcelli broke his leghad bacterium in the leg, for which he was in the hospital for ten days and also broke his wrist. This year, in January, he ruptured a muscle on the side of the quadriceps and the problem continues to this day, with decompensation in the legs and pain in the knees that cause it. “I wouldn’t like to have that much experience competing with injuries,” he says, taking it with humor. All in all, he is satisfied with the season he has had and will fight to preserve the third position in the overall standings that he holds in the World Championship.