Cervelo TestTeam's powerful spanish climber Xavier Tondo fractured one of his collarbones in a crash during the fourth stage of the 2010 Tour of Poland yesterday.

"Xavier suffered a break of his right collarbone," Andreas Goesele, Medical Officer of Cervélo TestTeam commented and added "We will not perform surgery; he will recover completely without it. This way he can start training again in a reasonably short time."

"I knew the final of yesterday's stage was pretty tricky so I went to the front to be safer and I felt really good," said Xavier Tondo. "I took a drink and I didn't see the gap in the road. I went down and when I stood up I immediately felt that my collarbone was broken. Fortunately it is a little fracture, and I hope to be fit in time for my next goal, the 2010 Vuelta a Espana."

Xavier Tondo won stage 3 of the 2010 Volta a Catalunya and stage 6 of the 2010 Paris-Nice.