Class act: Irvine is down but he's not out, as his humorous tweet after a painful crash testifies. Pictured here after winning the points race at the World Cup in Manchester exactly two years ago. He and Spaniard David Muntaner Juaneda embrace after the Irishman beat off his Spanish rival to take the final prime (Photo: Larry Hickmott – www.velouk.net)
By Brian Canty
Martyn Irvine has suffered a broken collar bone at the UCI World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico, this evening.
The Newtownards man came done in a huge crash during the scratch race of the omnium event and was unable to carry on.
Cycling Ireland confirmed the worst this evening when they posted on their official Twitter account: “Really bad news for Ireland's @Martyn_Irvine who suffered a broken collar bone in a crash in round 1 of the omnium at the World Cup Mexico.”
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The news will come as a sickening blow to Irvine and indeed, the whole Irish track team, who had high hopes for the former world champion at this meeting.
Ironically it was in the scratch race that Irvine won a gold medal last year at the World Championships in Minsk.
Thanks for all the messages my friends!! All strapped up and trying to get home right now. No truer words @Rocktape pic.twitter.com/j3Ih93CS92
— Martyn Irvine (@Martyn_Irvine) November 8, 2014
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The 29-year-old had been building some good form heading into the winter and had spent the last couple of months in Cycling Ireland’s track training base in Majorca.
Having left the UnitedHealthCare team he joined last year, Irvine was to focus most of his efforts on the track with qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro his main objective.
That of course, is still the case, as broken collar bones are a common cycling injury from which riders bounce back quickly.
However, he could be out of action for well over a month, depending on the severity of the break.
It’s not the first time Irvine has had to deal with a setback such as this.
In April of last year he broke his femur in a high-speed crash racing in the Tour of Taiwan and would spend the best part of four months recovering from that.
From all at stickybottle we wish him a speedy recovery and we'll keep you right up to date as events unfold in Mexico.
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