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Michael van der Mark to make Assen return

Michael van der Mark to make Assen return

Van der Mark suffered a fracture on his leg after falling off a mountain bike during a training accident in March.

After receiving immediate medical treatment, the Dutchman had to undergo surgery on his leg, forcing him out of the final two pre-season tests of the year as well as the opening round at Aragon earlier this month.

While the 29-year-old isn’t fully fit after spending the last few weeks at home recovering from the injury, he is confident of getting the all-clear from doctors to take part in the trio of races at Assen on April 22-24.

“After the forced break of several weeks I feel ready to return at my home round in Assen. Of course it depends on the final medical check on Thursday but I am confident I can get back on my BMW M 1000 RR at the weekend,” said van der Mark.

“The healing process after the surgery went very well. I also had several treatments that additionally seem to have helped to speed up my recovery. I regularly trained in the gym, with an…

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