British Cycling head coach Shane Sutton poised to be released from hospital following collision in Manchester The 55 year-old, Dave Brailsford's right-hand man at British Cycling and Team Sky, suffered bruising and bleeding on the brain but those injuries are understood to not be a concern. British Cycling performance director and Team Sky principal Brailsford visited Sutton in hospital last night. Sutton has worked with the British team since 2002 and has been credited with playing a major role in transforming the fortunes of the sport in this country. He was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2010 for his services to sport. His career began as a road and track cyclist, where he won numerous titles including a Commonwealth Games gold medal in the 1978 team pursuit competition and the 1990 Milk Race. He split his time between the track and the road in coaching this year's British competitors at the London Olympics and has worked closely with Wiggins for some time, playing a major role in the 32 year-old's transformation to become Britain's first Tour de France winner. Wiggins spent a night in hospital in Preston after a vehicle collided with him on Wednesday evening near his home in Lancashire. He was thrown off his bike when a white Vauxhall Astra Envoy is thought to have pulled out of a petrol station in Wrightington and collided with him. Wiggins suffered minor injuries, including bruises to his right hand and ribs, and he is now recovering at home in Eccleston, near Chorley. Wiggins' wife Cath wrote on Twitter today: "He is getting spoilt rotten... at least for a while."