Roberto Rolfo after the Stiggy Honda Axe

Roberto Rolfo who was axed by Stiggy Honda to make room for ex MotoGP rider John Hopkins has finally decided to talk and gave this interview to Italian website SBK Point with his side of the story: Roby, this has really been a big and terrible surprise for all your fans and all Italian Superbike fans.

We’d like to know if you knew that the team was negotiating with John Hopkins or was it a surprise?“It was a horrible surprise, a really horrible surprise, like a lightning bolt in a clear sky”.
“Before the begining of the season, during the tests in Portimao, I was having problems with my shoulder and I couldn’t ride.

Dr.
Porcellini, who is a shoulder specialist and operates riders gave me some good news, he told me that I didn’t need an operation and that he could guarantee that with proper therapy, I’d be back in 100% shape.
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