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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Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.