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# Dovizioso breaks collarbone in motocross crash
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/motogp/dovizioso-taken-to-hospital-after-motocross-crash/
- Published: 2020-06-28T13:35:37.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T18:46:57.000Z
- Description: Andrea Dovizioso has been taken to hospital after suffering a crash while competing in a motocross race in his native Italy on Sunday
- Author: Matt Beer
- Tags: MotoGP, #image-center-right

Andrea Dovizioso has been taken to hospital after breaking his collarbone in a crash while competing in a motocross race in his native Italy on Sunday.

Dovizioso will undergo surgery to repair the break on Sunday evening in Modena, but now faces a battle for fitness with only two weeks to go until the start of the 2020 MotoGP season, which is finally set to get underway on July 15 after a four-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Dovizioso, who is a keen motocross rider, was competing in a round of the Emilia Romagna regional championship at Faenza, near his home, when the injury occurred.

After landing badly from a jump, Dovizioso lost the rear of the bike and high-sided, coming down on his left shoulder.

He received permission from team bosses at Ducati to compete in the race – although teammate Danilo Petrucci didn’t – and spoke earlier this week about how he believes that racing in the off-road discipline helps him in MotoGP races.

![Andrea Dovizioso MotoGP 2020](https://storage.googleapis.com/the-race-com.appspot.com/1/2020/06/101803837_284138069391808_4576651420025885105_n.jpg)

“Ducati understands how useful this race is for me,” he [told Italian website GPONE](https://www.gpone.com/en/2020/06/28/motogp/dovizioso-i-dont-want-to-stop-with-cross-ill-improve-the-start-of-the-race.html?ref=the-race.com).

“How motocross has helped me and continues to help me be faster in the early stages of the race, which is also very useful from a MotoGP perspective.

“Since I started this training, I’ve already seen results. Here today we have the best riders from the Italian cross panorama, so it’ll certainly be a useful day in many ways.”

The compacted 2020 calendar means there will be little time for recovery as MotoGP attempts to squeeze the majority of the season into only a few short months.

It could also throw a spanner into the works of Dovizioso’s [ongoing and difficult contract negotiations](https://www.the-race.com/motogp/dovizioso-tactics-backfire-as-ducati-talks-hit-stalemate/) with Ducati, with his employers unlikely to look favourably on a non-MotoGP injury so close to the start of the racing season.