Simon Gerrans breaks collarbone in mountain biking crash

Simon Gerrans will not be able to defend his Tour Down Under title and will refocus on Ardennes Classics

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Australia's Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) will have to revise his 2015 schedule after breaking his left collarbone in a mountain bike training crash yesterday. He was due to defend his Tour Down Under title on home soil in January, but will now focus the Ardennes Classics.

"Unfortunately it doesn't matter how well the recovery goes from here, I don't think I am going to be in any condition to be racing at a high level in January," Gerrans said.

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