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O'Grady will miss Classics
Published: Mar. 22, 2009
O'Grady's injuries will keep him off the bike for his favorite part of the year.
Stuart O'Grady, who was injured in a fall during Milan-San Remo on Saturday, will be forced to skip the Spring Classics, his Saxo Bank team said Sunday.
The 35-year-old Australian fractured his right collarbone and has broken a rib. He also suffered bruising between the lungs and the ribs.
"It is extremely sad to see the Classics disappear because of a crash," O'Grady said. "The past several months of hard work had a purpose and focus – the classics and especially Paris-Roubaix. Now I've seen it all crumble, but hopefully I'll get the opportunity to come back later."
O'Grady won Paris-Roubaix in 2007, just a few months before a devastating crash in the Tour de France sidelined him for the rest of the year.
