Simply eight days after feeling the euphoria of taking his first skilled and WorldTour stage win on the Tour Down Beneath, Oscar Onley was in hospital with a damaged collarbone following a crash on the Cadel Evans Nice Ocean Highway Race.
Onley was topped the king of Willinga Hill on stage 6 of the Tour Down Beneath after conquering the well-known climb forward of Stephen Williams (Israel-Premier Tech), however he would final little greater than 70km into the 176km one-day race in Geelong together with his collarbone fractured and race ended.
“After additional medical checks on the native hospital we are able to verify that Oscar Onley sadly has damaged his collarbone within the crash on the Cadel Evans Highway Race,” mentioned Crew dsm-firmenich PostNL through social media.
“Oscar will now take the time wanted to get better earlier than taking a look at a return to coaching or racing. Heal up, Oscar!”
That is the second collarbone fracture for Onley in seven months after the same damage pressured him to desert the Vuelta a España on debut after only one stage of racing.
The Scot really confirmed it was his third break to his collarbone on Instagram, highlighting the age-old actuality {of professional} biking in that it will probably typically go from glory to distress very quickly.
“Life’s a recreation of snakes and ladders,” mentioned Onley. “Ending a cool month in Australia with my third damaged collarbone.”
Onley will nonetheless be spurred on from a profitable opening month to 2024 with a maiden WorldTour victory and fourth general on the Tour Down Beneath. Crew dsm-firmenich’s prime finisher on the Cadel Evans Nice Ocean Highway Race behind eventual winner Laurence Pithie (Groupama-FDJ) was Chris Hamilton, in seventh.
Aranburu suffers damage in Mallorca
Spanish rider Alex Aranburu additionally suffered a damaged collarbone, his in Spain at Problem Mallorca’s Trofeo Pollença-Port d’Andratx in an innocuous permitting of the tempo 33km from the road.
His group had been main the chase behind Igor Arrieta (UAE Crew Emirates) however when the Spanish group knocked off their effort momentarily and issues slowed in a big peloton, Aranburu was left reeling in ache on the ground and clutching his proper shoulder.
Movistar confirmed his damage after the end however did present a optimistic replace after the race.
“After present process a CT scan at a hospital in Mallorca after his fall within the fourth trophy of the Problem Mallorca, Aranburu suffered a non-displaced fracture of the center third of his proper clavicle,” mentioned Movistar on social media.
They have been granted a bittersweet reprieve after shedding their versatile all-rounder as new singing Pelayo Sánchez took his first win for Movistar into Andratx.
