Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy’s £80,000 Jaguar car was badly damaged following a collision in Manchester.
The 34-year-old’s luxury XKR Jaguar collided with a Vauxhall Vectra on Ashton New Road near to the City of Manchester Stadium and the National Cycling Centre. No one was hurt.
The collision is believed to have happened as he turned right into the road.
Police have confirmed that both drivers exchanged details at the scene following the collision at 5.51pm on Thursday.
Sir Chris, who trains at Manchester Velodrome, won three Olympic titles in Beijing two years ago, making him the most successful male Olympic cyclist of all time. The feat also earned him the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award and a knighthood.
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said: "At 5.51pm on Thursday August 5 2010, police were called to Ashton New Road near to the City of Manchester stadium to reports of a two vehicle collision involving a Jaguar and a Vauxhall Vectra. Drivers exchanged details and no injuries were reported."
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stick to your bike
if this was someone else not a word would be said. Fame again...
Can you cofirm that drivers exchanged details please?
Why do the MEN report on him...he is not even from Manchester...Carroll would be very upset you should be reporting on people from bury, hollyoaks and corrie!
This guy really hacks me off. He's a bloody cyclist who competes and NOTHING else. He wins a Gold medal and we give him a knighthood. He hasn't lived long enough to be knighted. Then the pathetic UK media take him on board, pay him a cart load of money, he's advertising breakfast cereals for a million quid a pop becomes a millionaire and everyone thinks he's great.
Talk about the great class divide, it's a farce.
I saw this accident happen the only reason that the MEN are reporting it is because it was in the sun newspaper this morning and yes details were exchanged
He got a knighthood for riding a bike?
[quote name=Morgans Organs, Manchester]This guy really hacks me off. He's a bloody cyclist who competes and NOTHING else. He wins a Gold medal and we give him a knighthood. He hasn't lived long enough to be knighted. Then the pathetic UK media take him on board, pay him a cart load of money, he's advertising breakfast cereals for a million quid a pop becomes a millionaire and everyone thinks he's great.
Talk about the great class divide, it's a farce.[/quote]
WHHOOOOO (holds up pink handbag), what a tirade of garbage.
"Oi... Hoy... race ya !!!" BOOM !!!!
Chris Hoy still won medals for us, it shouldn't matter whether he was originally from Manchester or not, the fact is he lives here now. It's not his fault that the media reported on it. If you had the opportunity to make some money from doing adverts, etc you would too. We should be proud of Chris, not be taking the p*ss!!