Los Angeles � What was supposed to be a routine training ride for Team Type 1�s Matt Wilson instead resulted in a broken wrist that will keep the former Australian national road champion out of competition for a couple of weeks.

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Wilson was training last Wednesday on the Pacific Coast Highway with Toyota-United�s Heath Blackgrove and Hilton Clarke when a slow-speed crash occurred.

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�We were coming up to an intersection and I didn�t see the guy in front of me stop and my bike went straight into him,� Wilson said. �It was a stupid nothing crash. I hit the ground at a bad angle and just broke it.�

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Wilson will undergo surgery on his right wrist Tuesday. Once the swelling goes down, the 29-year-old hopes to get back on the bike, riding on a trainer.

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�It was a huge disappointment for me,� Wilson said. �My training was going well and I was looking forward to San Dimas and Redlands and doing something straight off.�

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In January, Wilson won a stage of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic in Australia on the way to a sixth place finish overall. Last month, he finished 10th at the Tour of Langkawi while helping Team Type 1 to a runner-up placing on the team classification.

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�We were pretty excited about the performance of the team in Malaysia and Taiwan and were looking forward to having some more good results,� Team Type 1 Sport Director Ed Beamon said. �So not having Matt for San Dimas and Redlands is a bit of a stunner.

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�But we�re hoping to have him back for the Tour de Georgia. If he can at least manage the pain, he should be good and definitely be a factor for Georgia.�

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Wilson knows a thing or two about speedy recoveries. In 2006, he broke his hand, his collarbone and his back in separate incidents.

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�I was down in the dumps for a couple days about this injury, but now I�m focusing on what I have to do to come back,� he said.