Chris Froome will bear surgical procedure on Thursday following the crash which required an airlift to hospital in France.
Printed On 28 Aug 2025
4-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome is to bear surgical procedure after “a critical coaching crash” that noticed the British bike owner airlifted to a hospital in France.
Froome’s staff, Israel-Premier Tech, stated on Thursday that he was “steady and didn’t maintain any head accidents” however added that scans confirmed a pneumothorax, 5 damaged ribs, and a lumbar vertebrae fracture.
Froome was taken to hospital in Toulon by helicopter on Wednesday after the accident, which occurred whereas he was coaching close to Saint-Raphael. His staff stated “no different cyclists or autos had been concerned.”
His final victory was the Giro d’Italia in 2018. He additionally received the Spanish Vuelta twice, in 2011 and 2017, bookending his 4 triumphs within the Tour – the primary in 2013, adopted by a hat-trick of titles from 2015-17.
The 40-year-old Froome by no means returned to his earlier finest degree following a coaching crash on the 2019 Criterium du Dauphine, an occasion he used to fine-tune his bid for a record-equalling fifth Tour title. Within the accident, he broke his proper femur, elbow and ribs.
This newest incident may spell the top of Froome’s profession, as his contract with Israel-Premier Tech is coming to an finish.
