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Shane Perkins (picture credit - Rob Linsdale, Cycling Australia)Shane Perkins hit by car in Melbourne as he prepares to defend world title in keirin
World keirin champion Shane Perkins has escaped serious injury after being hit by a car in Melbourne, where he is preparing for this week’s UCI Track World Championships, although he did suffer a sprained wrist and bruised buttocks in the incident.
The 25-year-old, who lives in the city, tweeted: “Out for a ride today and just got hit by a car!! Seriously!!,” adding “This was no April Fools Joke either! Got cleaned up, nothing broken sprained wrist, bruising on glute! Very lucky!!”
Perkins did not race in the keirin at the Olympic test event in London in February, and attributed his 13th place in the individual sprint to the fact that he was in the middle of a heavy training block.
However, he has said that he is determined to defend the world title he won from Chris Hoy in Appeldorn 12 months ago.
“'In London we were going through a pretty heavy training phase so we didn't expect too much, it was more about getting a feel for the environment, the crowd and the track and obviously London itself,” explained Perkins, quoted by WA Today.
“Now we have tapered a little bit for the world championships and the form's coming together, so next we should see some good performances.''
He added: ''Winning a world title last year has given me the confidence that I can win, so obviously that will be my goal here."
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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"although he did suffer a sprained wrist and bruised buttocks in the incident."
Is that the 'being hit by a car' incident, or some other incident.
Top it of sledging. Hopefully Sir Chris Hoy's reading, might come in useful this week
Hoy the driver?
Not Hoy as far as we know, nor Shane Warne