Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome underwent surgery on Thursday (August 28, 2025) after “a serious training crash” that noticed the British cyclist airlifted to a hospital in France.
Froome’s crew, Israel-Premier Tech, stated he was “stable and did not sustain any head injuries” however added that scans confirmed a pneumothorax, 5 damaged ribs, and a lumbar vertebrae fracture.
Froome was taken to the hospital in Toulon by helicopter on Wednesday after the accident, which occurred whereas he was training close to Saint-Raphaël. His crew stated “no other cyclists or vehicles were involved”.
His final victory was the Giro d’Italia in 2018. He additionally gained the Spanish Vuelta twice, in 2011 and 2017, bookending his 4 triumphs in 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 greatest degree following a training crash on the 2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, an occasion he used to fine-tune his bid for a record-equaling fifth Tour title. In the accident he broke his proper femur, elbow and ribs.
This newest incident might spell the top of Froome’s profession as his contract with Israel-Premier Tech — which he joined in 2021 — is coming to an finish.
