The winter break has started in MotoGP and after the last splash of the year in the form of Superprestigio, this period of hibernation is all the more necessary with the addition of a confectioners' truce conducive to feasts and gifts. Enough to recharge your batteries but you must not go overboard and the champions will closely monitor their healthy weight. To start with Valentino Rossi.
The nine-time winner delivered his plans for this vacation period in the daily newspaper La meuse. When asked about his next activities, the Doctor replied: “ try to rest a little. This season has been very long, very tiring nervously. Now, I'm officially on vacation, that'll feel good. I think I'll stay home, relax. I hope it snows so I can go snowboarding ».
An outing in the snow which will be the prelude to a slight change in his physical training in preparation for the 2017 season: “ I'm going to change a few small details. Little things that will allow me to improve. Even if, in the end, it's always the same thing. I'm starting to know the song: work on your condition and prepare your body for the new season, try to stay on the bike, do a series of exercises on different types of bike to get to the top during the first race ».
Valentino Rossi will begin your eighteenth season in the premier category and a new one with Yamaha. This time he will have the young and fast Maverick Vinales as a teammate in place of a Jorge Lorenzo left for Ducati. The start of the school year will take place on January 31 for tests at Sepang.
