The Olympic cyclist Joanna Rowsell has been left with 'cuts and bruises' after she was knocked off her bike by a car today.
The track star and now road queen wrote on her Twitter feed: "First time for everything.. Been a cyclist for nearly 9 yrs & never been knocked off by a car until this morning. Bike came off worst."
Her fans responded wishing her well, to which she responded: "Thank you everyone for your messages. I am ok, no serious injuries just cuts and bruises.."
She added: "Take care out there people x"
Rowsell now rides for Wiggle Honda, the new women's pro team.





















6 thoughts on “Joanna Rowsell knocked off her bike by a car”
I suppose it is quite hard to
I suppose it is quite hard to be knocked over by a car in a velodrome.
Edgeley wrote:I suppose it is
I was riding with Jo on the velodrome a few years ago when she came off and broke her elbow!
Different degrees of danger…
Poor girl, hope she’s fully recovered soon.
Think she probably trains on
Think she probably trains on the road though
It should be driver not
It should be driver not car…
northstar wrote:It should be
This. Lets us at least get the identification of the facts right. Cars don’t run people over without drivers being responsible for it.
Get well soon Jo.
Two Olympic gold medalists
Two Olympic gold medalists downed by cars, sad but the publicity might just get the message across to car drivers, I hope.