When he went home the pain increased so he put himself in the hands of the Californian specialist Arthur Thing so that he could solve the problem once and for all. Because of that injury, the American had an operation on his hand in the USA to heal the problem with his thumb and a small fracture of a bone in his hand.

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"It was not a serious fall, but when I tried to stay on the bike I was holding on with the right hand and I ended up dislocating the thumb and breaking a piece of bone. After the race I did not worry too much and when I returned home I only had to rest. But when I began to train again, doing bicycle and motocross, the pain increased" he said.

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The Repsol rider is recovering. "I had some x-rays done and I realized that I had a problem. I fell several weeks before but the bone was displaced and it was necessary to solve the problem. Now I am at home again, resting, and I feel better every day" says Hayden. Before the Valentino Rossi left Honda and according to his good performance during the year of his debut, Nicky hopes to be the number one rider at Honda and to use the best material whoever comes� to cover Valentino�s place" he says.