• Tour de France winner feared to have broken several ribs • Wiggins involved in accident near his home

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Bradley Wiggins, winner of the Tour de France this summer, is in hospital after a crash on a Lancashire road, according to a report. The 32-year-old, who also won gold in the time trial at this summer's London Games, was involved in a collision with a van in Wrightington, close to his home in Eccleston, near Chorley.

Wiggins is believed to have broken several ribs and suffered hand and wrist injuries, reports the Lancashire Evening Post.

The incident happened at 6pm when a white van pulled off a filling station forecourt and collided with the cyclist.

A garage attendant, Yasmin Smith, who rushed to the champion's aid, was quoted as saying: "By the time I got there he had moved to a safer place but was still on the ground and he was in a lot of pain.

"He said he thought he had broken his ribs and, while a lot of police cars arrived, it was about 15 minutes before the ambulance got there by which time he was blue."

A Lancashire Police spokesman confirmed they had attended the incident.