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Casey Stoner was once again totally physically exhausted after finishing a third-place race, this time at Assen. Casey was unable to attend post-race media briefings, because he had to receive treatment from Clinica Mobile staff in his motorhome.

The Ducati Marlboro team has been doing everything they can to help former World Champion Casey Stoner recover from what appeared to be severe exhaustion following the race at the Alice TT Assen.

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“There is something wrong with Casey’s condition and we are trying to understand what is wrong and trying to help. What we have done so far is not enough and we have to investigate more. Dr Claudio Macchiagodena from Clinica Mobile has done a lot to help after the race and he has some ideas for Laguna so let’s just hope.”

Casey Stoner

“I’ve been feeling fine all week but started to feel run down again on Friday and I’ve just got worse as the weekend has gone on. I’ve taken every kind of supplement and vitamin tablet you can think of but nothing seems to have worked, so it is obviously something we need to have looked at closer because I can’t keep going like this and it is costing us points.”

“Thankfully I had a fantastic bike underneath me again today and I owe the team for that. A big thank also to Dr Macchiagodena and our physiotherapist Freddie (Dente), who took good care of me both in Catalunya and here. Unfortunately we don’t have much time to get fit for Laguna but we’ll see what we can do.”

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