Espargaro struggled to breathe in Assen MotoGP practice due to rib injury
Espargaro crashed heavily in FP1 last weekend in Germany and was left with an injury to his ribs.
He had to withdraw from the latter stages of the Sachsenring race due to the pain he was experiencing, but had expected to fare better this weekend at Assen.
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