Going into the Manchester World Cup, Britain's Bradley Wiggins was in good spirits after he suffered an accident while training on a treadmill last week. He received a black eye and seven stitches from the incident.
"I was training last Thursday and the towel got caught in the front wheel and it catapulted backwards at quite a speed," said Wiggins. "There 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.”
