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Dani Pedrosa's KTM test plan scuppered by injury

Dani Pedrosa has been forced to abandon MotoGP pre-season testing plans with KTM to undergo surgery on a double stress fracture of the right collarbone sustained “unexpectedly”. Pedrosa brought his 18-year grand prix career to an end at the conclusion of last season's Valencia Grand Prix, though the 31-time MotoGP race winner will remain in the paddock after penning a two-year contract with KTM to become one of its official test riders.  Originally set to make his debut outing on the RC16 at the Sepang test next month, Pedrosa completed two private days on the bike at Jerez last month.  However, a “complex” collarbone fracture, which was sustained in a...
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