SURGERY DONE, NOW REST TIME

Q

So am I right in saying you went under the knife last week? What was the operation like?

A

Yes, I went in Wednesday last week and saw Dr Steve Andrews in Brisbane Private Hospital.

I basically got another new screw put in place and then a bone graft on my hip back into the bone. Fingers crossed it will heal back up to 100 per cent. The scaphoid is a bad bone to be breaking because it can take three months, it can take nine months. We have just got to wait and see.

Q

Have you set yourself any target date for when you want to be back on a bike?

A

At this point there is no set time. It is definitely going to be a minimum of three months. If it shows good signs then, we can go again, but it could be up to nine months.

We won the main race that we wanted to win and that’s the Dakar and that’s the one that counts every year.

We’ve got that in our hands so we can relax a little bit this year but for sure we need to get ourselves prepped and ready and organised for the 2020 Dakar.

Q

You’ve already said adventure activities are your cup of tea. What do you get up to besides riding?

A

I definitely enjoy mountain biking and wakeboarding and snowboarding and things like that … anything to get the adrenaline going really. You definitely get hooked on it