Tom Pidcock breaks collarbone in training crash

Amstel Gold Race 2021 - 55th Edition - Valkenburg - Berg en Terblijt 218,6 km - 18/04/2021 - Tom Pidcock (GBR - Ineos Grenadiers) - photo Nico Vereecken/PN/BettiniPhoto©2021
Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) on the attack at Amstel Gold Race (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) has been ruled out of the Tour de Suisse after suffering a broken collarbone in a crash while training in the French Pyrenees on Monday.

The British rider, who was training on his time trial bike at the time, underwent surgery in Girona, Spain but will not race in Switzerland with the race set to start this Sunday.

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