Cyclist Kaden Hopkins is sitting in a Spanish hospital tired and in pain after breaking his collarbone during a training ride at the weekend.

Hopkins is preparing to undergo an operation on Tuesday to reset the displaced fracture and is frustrated that he will miss the start of the new season through injury, after making it back to Europe with a new team.

The Bermudian has struggled for sleep since the crash and told The Royal Gazette from his hospital bed that he is keen for the surgery to take place as soon as possible.

“I’m so just tired because it's pretty hard to sleep as it’s so uncomfortable,” Hopkins said.

“I’m waking up in the middle of the night in quite a bit of pain so I’m tired and hoping that I can get this surgery, get out of here tomorrow and start my recovery process.”

Unlike when he was injured by a motorbike on the roads of Bermuda a year ago, Hopkins remembers every moment of this incident in the Spanish mountains.

“I’m honestly surprised with some of the crashes I’ve had in the last couple of years that I haven’t broken anything earlier, so I’ve been really lucky,” he said.

“This is annoying but I’ve had a couple of days now to accept it. I knew as soon as I sat up that I had broken my collarbone. We were on the last day of our training camp, going over our last climb and everybody just wanted to get the most out of themselves on the day, so we were pushing pretty hard.

“I was out of the saddle at one point, shifted gears and the chain just jumped. It turned the bike sideways and basically just threw me right on to my shoulder.

“I rolled over and I could basically feel the two parts of the bone moving around and it was a pretty uncomfortable feeling. It was just a freak accident and could have happened to anybody but it was just a shame for it to happen right at the end of such a good training camp.”

Despite the seriousness of the injury, Hopkins is pleased that the rehab time after his operation is shorter than if doctors had decided to let the bone heal naturally.

“The fact it’s a displaced fracture and not a hairline one is a good thing in a way because it means that they will have to operate on it,” Hopkins said.

“If you have a hairline fracture they won't operate and you have a six-week recovery process but with this surgery I should be back on the home trainer within four or five days and hopefully be back on the bike on the road in 14 to 18 days.”

The injury could not have come at a worse time with the European cycling season just weeks away from starting but Hopkins is hopeful he will be back racing sooner rather than later.

“I've done a pretty huge preseason up until now,” he said.

“I have a ton of hours on the bike and I’m in super good shape which is another reason why it was such a such a shame for this to happen because I definitely feel like I’m at the best level I’ve been in a very long time. I was feeling really ready to start the season but this is just a small setback and I’m pretty confident that I won’t lose too much before the start of the season.

“It is very frustrating but it was just a freak accident and wasn’t taking any risks in training that I shouldn't have been. It’s pretty disappointing but my coaches assured me that I have a good level after 38 hours on the bike in seven days.

“I'm just taking it as a forced rest but I'll definitely be looking to get back on the bike as soon as I can after this.”

Hopkins’s Atom6-Cycleur de Luxe-Auto Stroo team begin their season in just over a month and the rider is gutted that he is likely to miss out on selection as he recovers.

“The first race of the season was definitely a huge goal for me because it was a very big race that I’ve dreamt of doing for a long time, so when I saw it on the calendar I was pretty excited and I had made the official selection from the team,” Hopkins said.

“That’s probably going to change now unless I have a fast recovery and it's disappointing to be missing that race but I’ve accepted it now.

“It’s a long season and the team has a lot of very good races so I probably will now focus on the ones that come after.”