Tour winner Wiggins out of hospital after crash
AP
FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 file photo, British cyclist Bradley Wiggins greets fans on stage for BT London Live concert at Hyde Park in central London. Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins was recovering in hospital Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, after being hit by a car while riding his bike in northern England. Team Sky said Wiggins will be kept in the hospital overnight for observation, but that "the injuries he sustained are not thought to be serious and he is expected to make a full and speedy recovery." (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)
FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 file photo, British cyclist Bradley Wiggins greets fans on stage for BT London Live concert at Hyde Park in central London. Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins was recovering in hospital Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, after being hit by a car while riding his bike in northern England. Team Sky said Wiggins will be kept in the hospital overnight for observation, but that "the injuries he sustained are not thought to be serious and he is expected to make a full and speedy recovery." (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)
FILE - A Sunday July 22, 2012 photo from files showing Bradley Wiggins, winner of the 2012 Tour de France cycling race on the podium of the the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France. Tour de France winner and Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins is recovering in hospital after a collision with a car, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Wiggins, 32, was thrown off his bike when a car is thought to have pulled out of a petrol station and collided with him. A police source said his injuries from the crash were thought to be very serious at first but later it appeared he had suffered a number of broken ribs and cuts and bruises. (AP Photo/Jerome Prevost, Pool, File)
CHORLEY, England (AP) ? Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins was released from hospital with broken ribs a day after a collision with a car while cycling.
Wiggins was injured Wednesday near a gas station in Lancashire, Northern England. Along with the broken ribs, he had cuts and bruises.
Team Sky said "the injuries he sustained are not thought to be serious and he is expected to make a full and speedy recovery."
Wiggins gave Britain its first Tour de France title and won a gold medal in the London Olympics time trial. He is widely expected to be knighted by the end of the year.
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