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Pedrosa cleared to race

Dani Pedrosa will join Repsol Honda team-mate Nicky Hayden at this weekend's United States Grand Prix, despite the heavy tumble he took during last Sunday's rain-lased German GP.

World Championship challenger Pedrosa was leading the race when he fell at high speed, fracturing the left index finger and the big bone of the left wrist and spraining his right ankle. After the accident he immediately returned to Spain where he was treated by the doctor Xavier Mir at Barcelona's Instituto Universitari Dexeus hospital. He left hospital at noon on Tuesday and flew to the US on Wednesday.

Dani Pedrosa said: "In agreement with my doctor we have decided that I will fly to the US and I will do my best to ride this weekend. We know that it will not be easy and that we won't know my exact situation until I get on the bike on Friday morning.

"This is a difficult time for me, of course, but my will is strong and if it is possible for me to ride the bike properly then I really want to ride. Laguna is a physically demanding track when you are 100 per cent, so it will be tough with my injuries, but I know I can count on the support of the people around me to get me in the best possible shape."

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