An x-ray shows Mike Henton's broken collarbone.
The pain of a broken collarbone didn't prevent Auckland rider Mike Henton from completing the first stage of the Tour of Southland.
Henton rode the final 30km of Monday's first stage from Invercargill to Lumsden with the broken bone millimetres from breaking through the skin after a crash.
It is
the second time in three weeks he has broken his left collarbone.
"I had a bit of a silly crash in the crosswinds there and I landed just square on the shoulder - exactly what I didn't want to happen,'' he said. "I broke it three weeks ago during the Tour of Tasmania. It was healing quite well, I still had a little bit of pain but it was fairly solid.''
At least, it was until it hit the Southland tarmac 3km south of Mossburn. "It was really bizarre. I jumped back up and the shoulder felt perfect, like there was nothing wrong with it. I was up out of the saddle and everything,'' he said.
