Orica-GreenEdge rider Simon Gerrans of Australia celebrates after winning the Liege-Bastogne-Liege Classic cycling race front of Movistar team rider Alejandro Valverde of Spain (R) in Ans, near Liege April 27, 2014. REUTERS/Laurent Dubrule
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Simon Gerrans will be unable to defend his Tour Down Under or Australian road racing titles in January after fracturing his collarbone in a training crash, his Orica Greenedge team said on Monday.
The 34-year-old, who won the Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic race last year, sustained the injury when he fell off a mountain bike in Victoria's High Country on Sunday and will undergo surgery on Monday.
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