Shane Sutton Archives

Less than two weeks after Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins and Shane Sutton, Head Coach at Team Sky, were both involved in separate accidents on the road, Britain�s Mark Cavendish has also had an altercation with a car. Cavendish, who recently left Sky for Omega Pharma-Quickstep, was training in Italy when a car ahead of the 2011 Road Race Champion hit the brakes without warning. Escaping relatively unscathed, Cavendish tweeted, �Went & hit the back of a car that slammed on today in training. Wasn’t ideal. Apart from a bruised arm, I’m relatively ok. If anyone cares.�

For his part Wiggins was released from hospital after one night with a broken index finger and fractured ribs, whilst Sutton suffered more serious injuries and continues to recover from bleeding on the brain caused when knocked from his bike on the A6 near Levenshulme in Manchester.

Just as the good news that Bradley Wiggins has been released after a night spent in hospital being treated for a broken index finger and fractured ribs after he was knocked from his bike yesterday (November 7), it has been reported that Shane Sutton, head coach at Team Sky, has also been involved in an accident. The 55-year-old Australian, who is also British Cycling�s head coach, was reportedly knocked from his bike earlier today on the A6 near Levenshulme in Manchester.

A spokesperson for British Cycling said: �British Cycling has confirmed that Shane Sutton, head coach for the GB Cycling Team, was involved in an incident this morning on the A6 near Levenshulme in Manchester. Shane was taken into hospital where it was identified he has suffered bruising and bleeding on the brain� Shane was wearing a helmet. He is set to undergo more tests, and is likely to stay in hospital for the next few days.�