Cooke switches to Univega

Cooke, 22, suffered the injury in last week's Manchester leg of the World Cup.

"I'm still very sore and tender around the collarbone, so that's going to take quite a while to heal," Cooke said.

"But I'm sure I will be able to get to Melbourne - it's not ideal but if there is a right time to have an accident like this I suppose this was it."

Cooke, who has recently signed for Swiss-based team Univega for next season, fell heavily after bumping elbows with a Canadian rider.

Both riders came down, with Cooke landing heavily on her shoulder as she hit the track, breaking her collarbone and suffering several large splinters.

"I can't think there was anything I was doing wrong, to be brought down like that is horrible at any time," Cooke added.

"But when the consequences mean taking several weeks off the bike it does have a much bigger impact later on.

"I am lucky that we are three months away from the Commonwealth Games, so providing I can get back on a bike on the indoor turbo-trainer in two weeks' time then I should be able to train my legs.

"With some gym work and some imagination, hopefully by the middle of January when I can ride normally back on the road I'll not have fallen too far behind."