Radcliffe to return home after 13 months rehabilitation

Newcastle cyclist Brian Radcliffe has been left in a wheelchair following an accident last year.

Newcastle cyclist Brian Radcliffe has been left in a wheelchair following an accident last year. (Image credit: Daniel Simms)

A dramatic crash on the banks of Newcastle’s velodrome left Brian Radcliffe - a veteran of some 40 years of cycling in all disciplines - in a coma for over three weeks and with a serious brain injury. While doctors have given no assurance that the 57-year-old will recover entirely from the accident, the Hunter District Cycling Club is helping raise funds to allow the 2008 World Masters Championships bronze medallist to return home.