Champion bicycle owner Chris Froome in horrific coaching crash; situation steady as he undergoes surgical procedure

Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome underwent surgical procedure on Thursday (August 28, 2025) after “a critical coaching crash” that noticed the British bicycle owner airlifted to a hospital in France.

Froome’s crew, Israel-Premier Tech, mentioned 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 the hospital in Toulon by helicopter on Wednesday after the accident, which occurred whereas he was coaching close to Saint-Raphaël. His crew mentioned “no different cyclists or automobiles have 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 greatest degree following a coaching 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.