Updated: Bradley Wiggins in hospital after collision, injuries "not thought to be serious" says Sky

Heal up soon Wiggo - think the van driver is going to have some questions to answer

Shit

My thoughts go out to him, and i hope he gave the driver a proper Wiggo dressing down before he was arrested. It is the perils we all face every day and maybe now it will gain some proper traction among law makers now a high profile accident has occurred. Its a real shame though that it would take something like this, happening to a high profile cyclist for them to buck their ideas up and thats a poor reflection on our elected leadership.

A white van very nearly collected me on the over pass by Ikea Purley heading north the other day. Some days i have 2 or 3 close calls on my 8km commute through London. The common thread is that all the drivers show a lack of understanding or compliance of the road rules which ultimately endangers someone elses life.

Everyone out their ride safe, never assume what a car will do and take the higher ground and obey the road rules.

Just proves again that it can happen to absolutely anyone.

So not only does the driver feel shit for knocking a cyclist off.. but they feel shit because its the TdF and Olympic time trial champion.. a national hero

Hope he's ok though.. if he had a support car with him looks like training proper for the Giro has started? maybe he'll have to re-think his targets next year

Wow, hope he's alright and the reports are just OTT as normal with the hacks.

If not, it just shows that sometimes the police do take an interest in cyclist

Get well soon Wiggo.

I take it that he won't be on the Chris Evans (BBC R2) show in the morning then. Just saying...

All the best Wiggo!

The Manchester Evening News reports "The woman driver of the van was not injured."
OF COURSE SHE FUCKING WASNT! SHE WAS IN VAN! THAT HIT A CYCLIST! THATS HOW IT WORKS!!!!

Crikey, I'll be keeping my lucky sidies in place then.

Gutted for Bradley, woman will have a lot to answer for come the morning!!
Must feel pretty stupid!
I got taken out a couple of months ago, classic smidsy and the insurance are trying to blame it on me. Bloke wasn't of British origin but was insured, so that's a start.

Rather than questioning why he didn't check his mirrors (I'm pretty sure I didn't teleport onto his bonnet) they are questioning why I was on the outside of the lane.

I wonder what her excuse will be and whether anything will happen!!!

i cant help but think that it seems like an awful lot of police presence there for a cyclist/van incident!

still, its good that they turned up - wonder if they got autographs as well!

Hope he has a swift recovery, doesn't sound like it'll impact 2013 too much fortunately. Maybe some good will come out of a bad situation though. Maybe a few more people will realise they need to pay more attention when driving and maybe it'll make cycle safety worth a few more political points and lift it off the bottom of the agenda.

Exactly the same thing happened to me 5 months ago. I hope Brad makes a speedy recovery and gets a new set of wheels quicker than I have been able to!

Wow, what a lot of driver-bashing going on. Nobody here knows a thing about this incident other than what each of the media sources have chosen to report to suit whatever their particular agenda is however this driver has already been found guilty with an unpleasant dose of glee by a lot of posters here.
It's getting a bit boring now, all the same anti-driving comments following every story of accident involving vehicles and cycles.
I'd be surprised if many commenters never use a car/van/truck and we all know there are plenty of moron cyclists out there on the roads as well.
Don't get me wrong, I'd be very surprised If Wiggins was cycling like a moron and I wish him a speedy recovery, but let's have a bit of common sense and balance here: not every driver is a maniac, and not every cyclist is a saint.

I think biggest prize goes to the telegraph for leading with "enough force to knock the wing mirror off" rather than perhaps enough force to break a mans ribs!

I think the only shocker in this sadly inevitable story is that the driver actually stopped.

It's crap, and I hope Wiggins isn't seriously injured and can get back on his bike quickly, but I can't help but think this could be a great thing.

Mainstream media doesn't seem to care about cyclists but an Olympic champion? Hopefully it'll force a change of views when it comes to these kinds of accidents and possibly even on liability laws. Although, because its Wiggins, I could see the whole legal process going quite smoothly for him.

My only worry is that this is used as a stick to beat cycling with to show that its 'really dangerous'. "look, its not even safe for pro cyclists on our roads".

Ribs are nasty. I cracked a couple in late September in a freak "hand slipping off the bars and flinging myself to the ground' accident. It took 6 weeks to heal and hurt like hell. I imagine a TDF is made of sterner stuff.

Swift recovery Sir Bradley of Wiggins.

The fit state of Bradley Wiggins has probably done much to mitigate the effects of this crash. Some years ago I was hit from behind by a car and bounced off with sufficient force to write off the car.

At the time I was about 15Kg lighter and with good muscle tone, and I think it was this that provided a shock absorber function, and I escaped with just a chipped spine, and some mighty impressive bruises. The broken bones are likely to be the painful hairline cracks but with the added forces of powerful muscle tone raising the degree of pain you experience.

Cracked ribs are the real problem as it is almost impossible to 'set' them and let them heal. I got a couple of those when the crank snapped going uphill, and the bike rolled over with me and landed on my chest. I hope that this doesn't ruin his potential for 2013. If it does than the lawyers will really have a fine time wading in to this case.

Injured ribs are indeed nasty. Let's hope nobody tells Wiggo any jokes for a few weeks.

Let's also hope some good comes from this. Drivers have to be more careful. And be told that cyclists come in various speeds, and must be treated with respect. Some chance.

I hope Wiggin's recovers quickly and fully.

I'm fed up with the media treatment of RTA's - If you read the Mcr Evening Post article about this the language used tries to create the impression that the "accident" just seemed to have occurred as some random act of god rather than as the result of a vehicle driver negligently failing to look properly before pulling out. No excuses , I know the location - in the dark the road is well illuminated with street lamps and light from the garage forecourt.

It'll be interesting to see what the Police will do - no doubt they'll start with asking Bradley to recommend a "Driver Awareness Course" to enable them to avoid court action to prosecute for careless driving.

Lancashire Evening Post wrote:

The incident happened on Crow Orchard Road, close to the junction with Mossy Lea Road, at 6pm on Wednesday evening, when a white Astra van pulled off a filling station forecourt and collided with the cyclist.

Usually such incidents are described as accidents, or the cyclist is described as having collided with the motorist, not the other way around, as above. So now we know what it takes for an adult cyclist to be considered likely to know what they are doing, and intent on at least their own safety: win the Tour de France and seven Olympic medals...