Apparently Troy Bayliss broke his collarbone on the last day of the World Super Bike test at Phillip Island, which is an unfortunate start for his last season of WSB competition.

“Basically I went to pass Regis Laconi around Lukey Heights but when I realised I couldn’t make it, I had to brake hard and high-sided coming in to the MG hairpin. I have fractured the collarbone close to the sternum and have also chipped the end of the sternum. I am not in too much pain and for now it doesn’t seem as bad as the last break I had to my collarbone. I plan to come straight back to Italy to get further tests and the treatment that I need in order to be back on the bike as soon as possible. Up until my fall we were making great progress, testing a lot of tyres with Pirelli. We made a long-run and I was feeling good about how everything was going. This isn’t an ideal outcome of course but I’m happy with the progress we made this week and now just have to concentrate on getting better as quickly as possible.”

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