Coppins 07 World FIM thread

**NordieBoy** · 9th August 2007, 09:28

1 tough Lizzard

**Nicola W** · 10th August 2007, 10:23

The man is a machine - He never gives up!

Good luck for Ireland Josh! Hope you're better by then!

**Nicola W** · 17th August 2007, 09:47

Not ready for Ireland.

Good luck for Donnington!

We'll be cheering you on!

**scott411** · 17th August 2007, 14:12

Rumors out of Europe

Ramon (2nd in championship) hurt is hand in a Belgiam Champiobship Race last weekend

Seb Pourcel (3rd in Championship) hurt is knee in a french champion last weekend

both are not really bad injuries but will hamper them

also, will the english GP run, with the foot and mouth scare?????????????

**paturoa** · 18th August 2007, 07:44

Does anyone know if Josh is riding this weekend at Northern Ireland?

Can't see it myself - broken bones take longer than this to mend.

**Danger** · 18th August 2007, 08:44

No he is not riding this weekend. Radio Sport has bee quite good in keeping up to date with his progress.

**paturoa** · 18th August 2007, 18:11

from Youthstream

Yamaha Motocross’ Joshua Coppins, who is currently leading the MX1 points standings, will miss also this round to be fitter for Donington, the penultimate round of the season. This weekend Suzuki’s Steve Ramon has a big chance to move up to the Championship lead, if he scores at least 44 points, while GPKR’s Sebastien Pourcel still lies third in the Championship, 40 points behind Ramon.

**paturoa** · 19th August 2007, 08:13

All of the usual suspects at the top of Saturday timed practice with Ramon 3rd.

**scott411** · 24th August 2007, 08:14

Press release forwarded on behalf of YRC news.

News - United Kingdom 23/08/2007

Joshua Coppins fit to defend his championship lead

Yamaha Motocross Team’s Joshua Coppins will make his return this weekend for round 14 of the MX1 world championship held at the Donington circuit in the UK. The 30 year old Kiwi has recovered from his shoulder injury to take up the defense of his 12 points lead over Belgian Steve Ramon. With 100 points up for grabs the championship will most likely be decided at the last round scheduled at Lierop (NL) the weekend straight after Donington.

A CT scan made last Tuesday confirmed that Coppins’ shoulder has healed very well, enabling him to compete again and providing the confidence to start riding his YZ450FM for the first time yesterday since his unfortunate crash at Loket on the 29th of June.

In the period off the bike Coppins made sure he retained his strength and fitness by following an extensive training program consisting out of swimming, cycling, mountain biking, running and general fitness training. In fact the yesterday’s riding exceeded his expectations; “I rode the bike four times yesterday and apart from a bit of pain it went really well. I’m 100% in terms of fitness and strength, just down on riding time. But in a way that is also a positive thing because I feel really fresh now. I have trained so hard for this season that at times I felt a bit tired, but now after a month off the bike I feel very excited and eager to jump on again.”

Coppins expects that the participation of Cairoli could make a positive difference, as Antonio’s debut track at Donington will be hard packed; “Antonio is riding incredibly well this year, so who knows what he might be able to do, the circuit will suit his aggressive style and ability. Yet I feel totally able to be more than a match to Ramon, I won’t say I can win in Donington, but I’ll be very competitive for sure.’

‘I feel great and the doctor confirmed that the healing of the bone is going very quickly at this stage of my recovery, I’m already in the UK and will be riding a lot again today. Tomorrow I’ll make my way to the track where I will work with my medical team to get ready for the race. I expect no restrictions in terms of strength, fitness or movement come Sunday, just a bit of pain maybe, but that can be sorted if needed!”

www.joshcoppins.com