Alex Cudlin has made a strong start to his 2012 Superstock World Endurance campaign by
finishing in 4th place at the Bol Dor 24 Hour in France.

Riding for the first time with new team, DG Sport, Alex and team mates Didier Van
Kemuelen and Gianlucca Vizziello showed that they will be a force to be reckoned with for
the 2012 World Title.

Alex Cudlin’s race would be regarded as one of his toughest races to date, and for the crowd
watching the event, one of his most inspiring, due to the injury Alex was carrying.
Just 2 weeks prior to the race, Alex badly dislocated his right elbow whilst training in Qatar,
and was told by doctors that he wouldn’t be able to ride again for at least 3 months.
Alex was operated on and his arm was placed in a plaster cast to help stabilize the elbow, but
with this occurring just 5 days before Alex’s race in Qatar, and only a couple of weeks before
The Bol’Dor 24 Hour in France, he decided to cut the cast off and start rehabilitation just one
day after the dislocation, in one of the world’s best Sporting Rehabilitation facilities in Qatar.

Taree motorcycle sensation, Alex Cudlin, has just completed what was thought to be an impossible feat on the weekend; not only racing in the Qatar International Road Racing Championship, after seriously dislocating his elbow, tearing two tendons and being forced to wear a cast that seriously restricted it’s use, but also winning two from two races.

Just 7 days prior to the race, Alex had a fall whilst out jogging and badly dislocated his right elbow, requiring doctors to operate under a general anaesthetic to relocate the elbow. In the process of dislocating the elbow, Alex also tore two tendons.

After the surgery, doctors told Alex that it would beat least 3 months before he could race a bike again, because of the arm strength required to do so. Alex was then placed in a fixed cast to help keep the elbow bent at 90 degrees, in order for the elbow to recover and heal correctly.

However, just 2 days after the surgery, Alex decided to remove the cast and started working his arm, in the hope of getting enough movement back to ride in the upcoming Qatar Championships and the Bol’Dor 24 Hour World Endurance Championships, which were being held only a week or two away respectively.