Less than a day after Bradley Wiggins was hit by a car on a training ride, British Cycling’s head coach Shane Sutton was hospitalized with brain trauma after being struck by a van while riding his bike early Thursday morning in Manchester, England. The 55-year-old Australian suffered a broken cheekbone and bleeding of the brain, but is expected to make a full recovery. Wiggins, whom Sutton has coached, was hospitalized Wednesday but released with minor injuries on Thursday. The back-to-back incidents have . 鈥淐ycling is not an intrinsically dangerous activity,鈥 said a spokesperson for British Cycling, 鈥渂ut there is much more to be done to improve conditions for cyclists on the roads.鈥澛
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