Wiggins Bruised but OK
In the Wars - Brad Wiggins
Britain’s Bradley Wiggins was in good
spirits at the press conference at the Manchester Velodrome today
22nd February ahead of the final UCI Track World Cup event starting
on Friday. The conference was also attended by Britain’s Chris Hoy and Australian
sprinters Anna Meares and Ryan Bayley making up a quartet of current Olympic
champions.
Wiggins had an accident while training on a treadmill last week which gave the Londoner
quite a knock, a black eye and seven stitches. “I was training last Thursday and
the towel got caught in the front wheel and it catapulted backwards at quite a
speed,” said Wiggins:
“The was a danger that I might not be able to ride this
weekend as I had quite a nasty gash at the time but things seemed to heal quite
quickly over the weekend. It was just one of those things. I thought I would go
on the treadmill instead of going out on the road because it is quite dangerous
on the road and I ended up crashing on the treadmill. It would have been a shame
to miss the world cup in Manchester.”
Wiggins arrived early in Manchester ahead of his ride in the men’s
individual pursuit on Friday’s race programme when he will compete against his
arch rival for top honours in Australian Bradley McGee. He also rides in the
men’s 4,000m team pursuit on Saturday with the British team reportedly riding at
under the four-minute schedule during their 3,000m training ride.
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