Bayliss bounces back

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The Australian Ducati Xerox rider had surgery in Derby after crashing out of the European round of the championship at the Leicestershire circuit and damaging the little finger on his right hand.

Bayliss said: "The crash happened so quickly that I don't remember my hand going under the handlebar or anything. I'm confident I'm going to be fine for Valencia. I feel like things are coming along okay and I've still got plenty of days to recover."

Bayliss, who celebrated his 38th birthday on Friday and then took pole position on Saturday at Donington, has returned home to Monte Carlo to recover following the operation.

The crash at Coppice on lap six left Bayliss needing surgery to remove the top two bones on his finger, an operation which was carried out at the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary.

Bayliss now faces medical checks on Friday and the following Thursday before he can be given the all-clear to race at Valencia in Spain a week on Sunday in the fourth round of the world championship.

He added: "I feel like I can get on a motorbike now but I won't know that until I do. Hopefully in just a week and a half you'll see the usual Troy."

Bayliss' crash dropped him to sixth in the championship points standings which are topped by Britain's James Toseland on the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda.