Horrific crash for Loris Veneman: arm trapped between tyre and swingarm

Loris Veneman is one of those people who seem to attract bad luck as if by magic. This was certainly the case at the 2026 Sportbike World Championship round at the Cremona Circuit, when misfortune struck him twice.

The Kawasaki rider had qualified in sixth place on the second row of the grid – a promising position – but was forced to retire from the first race on Saturday afternoon after just three laps 4 due to a smoking engine. The fact that he’d previously set the seventh-fastest lap time and secured at least a decent starting position for Sunday’s race confirmed his pace.

But Sunday did not go at all as Veneman had hoped. Harrison Dessoy, who was ahead of him, lost control of his Triumph at the very moment the 20-year-old from Dalfsen was about to make a passing manoeuvre. They made contact and both crashed in Turn 10.

For Veneman, however, the drama was not over yet. During the crash, his right arm became trapped between the rear wheel and the swingarm of the Daytona 660 and was pinned in the elbow area. The enormous pressure dislocated the joint and fractured the bones. “The worst pain of my life,” said the son of former racing driver Barry Veneman later.

As if that weren’t enough: as he lay in the gravel, the rescuers who had rushed to his aid frantically – and initially in vain – tried to free Veneman from his predicament – because the race hadn’t been stopped, the field was already thundering towards him again! The rescue was only successful after a great deal of physical effort, during which the unlucky rider also suffered a broken forearm.

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After two nights in an Italian hospital, Veneman is back in the Netherlands to undergo further tests. It is virtually out of the question that we will see the Kawasaki rider again at the season finale in Jerez in three weeks’ time.