Presenter and former cricketer Freddie Flintoff had to seek medical attention after his penis went numb while on a bike ride.

The Top Gear star, 42, was on a charity bike ride marathon from Athens to London when he lost feeling in his penis three days in.

Freddie revealed to The Sun : “It just suddenly went numb, as if I’d trapped it in a door. It was like a dead fish.

“I said to the medic, ‘Doc, I’m afraid you’re going to have to have a look at my old fella, I can’t feel it’.”

However, the former cricketer was left surprised by the doctor’s reaction as he rather calmly revealed that this was a common occurrence amongst cyclists.

“I was quite taken aback,” said Freddie, birth name Andrew.