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Froome suffered serious heart injury in training crash

Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome suffered a life-threatening heart injury during last week's training accident, according to his wife Michelle.

Cycling • 02 Sep

Froome to undergo surgery after training crash

Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome was undergoing surgery on Thursday after a serious training accident left him with injuries that could signal the end of his career.

Cycling • 28 Aug

Froome will now switch focus to preparing for the Vuelta a Espana

Froome withdraws from Tour after positive Covid-19 test

Four-time champion Chris Froome has pulled out of the Tour de France ahead of stage 18 after contracting Covid-19.

Cycling • 21 Jul 22

Pidcock wins Alpe d'Huez as Vingegaard retains yellow

Britain's Tom Pidcock won the 12th stage of the Tour de France, a 165.1-km Alpine trek between Briancon and L'Alpe d'Huez.

Cycling • 14 Jul 22

Froome, who last won the Tour de France in 2017, will lead the Israel Premier Tech squad alongside veterans Michael Woods and Jakob Fuglsang

Former champion Froome gets nod for Tour de France

Four-times champion Chris Froome is set to make his 10th appearance at the Tour de France next month after being named in the Israel Premier Tech squad on Wednesday.

Cycling • 22 Jun 22

Chris Froome won the Tour de France four times between 2013 and 2017

Froome suffers knee setback ahead of new season

Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome has been forced to delay his preparations for the 2022 season due to a knee injury.

Cycling • 03 Jan 22

Froome: 'After two years away from the Tour de France, I can't wait to get back'

Froome's Tour de France return after three-year absence

Four-time winner Chris Froome will return to the Tour de France for the first time in three years as road captain of the Israel Start-Up Nation team.

Cycling • 15 Jun 21

Froome now rides with the Israel Start-Up Nation team

Froome playing down his Tour de France prospects

Chris Froome has ruled himself out of contention for a record-equalling fifth Tour de France title later this month, saying he needs more time to rediscover the form needed to battle for the yellow jersey.

Cycling • 03 Jun 21

Froome spent more than three weeks in hospital after breaking his neck, femur, elbow, hip and ribs in a high-speed crash in the 2019 Criterium du Dauphine but the Briton has made a full recovery

Froome motivated by critics calling for his retirement

Chris Froome said he laughs off suggestions from critics that he should retire and believes he is slowly getting back to his best after multiple injuries suffered in a crash two years ago.

Cycling • 07 May 21

Dan Martin made it to the finish despite the late crash

Martin loses time after crash on final descent in Alps

Dan Martin lost valuable time in his quest to win the Tour of the Alps following a late crash on the final descent of the fourth stage.

Cycling • 22 Apr 21

Chris Froome and Sam Bennett at the 2020 UAE Tour

Froome to make debut for his new team at UAE Tour

Chris Froome now plans to make his Israel Start-Up Nation debut at the UAE Tour next month where it was recently confirmed that Ireland's Sam Bennett is confirmed to be getting his 2021 campaign underway.

Cycling • 21 Jan 21

Dan Martin is 20 seconds off the lead at the Vuelta a Espana

Martin relishing link-up with Froome next year

Ireland's Dan Martin is relishing the prospect of teaming up with four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome in the Israel Start-Up Nation team next year.

Cycling • 26 Oct 20

Geraint Thomas celebrates his 2018 victory

Froome and Thomas left out of Ineos squad for Le Tour

Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome and 2018 winner Geraint Thomas have been omitted from the Ineos Grenadiers squad for the 2020 edition of the race.

Cycling • 19 Aug 20

Froome to bid adios to Ineos at the end of the year

Seven-time Grand Tour winner Chris Froome will leave Team Ineos at the end of the season, ending a decade-long association.

Cycling • 09 Jul 20

'The recovery is going really well - I'd go as far as saying it's pretty much complete'

Froome injury recovery 'pretty much complete'

Chris Froome has revealed his recovery from his horror crash in France in August is "pretty much complete" as he steps up his training despite the coronavirus lockdown.

Cycling • 12 Apr 20

Cyclists ride during stage four of the UAE cycling tour in Dubai, on 26 February 2020

Several teams begin leaving UAE after coronavirus scare

Chris Froome and Team Ineos are among those who have now been allowed to leave their hotel and travel home from the cancelled UAE Tour after a coronavirus scare, but others remain in quarantine in Abu Dhabi.

Cycling • 01 Mar 20

Chris Froome was not expected to back in the saddle until 2020

Froome to race again four months on after horror crash

Chris Froome is set to return to action in Japan next month in what will be his first appearance since a horror crash at the Criterium du Dauphine in June.

Cycling • 27 Sep 19

Froome suffered a series of injuries in a horror crash before stage four of the Criterium du Dauphine in France in June

Froome targets fifth Tour de France and Olympic glory

Chris Froome is hoping to be back competing before the end of the year and has set his sights on Tour de France and Olympic glory in 2020.

Cycling • 13 Sep 19

Team Sunweb finished third on the first stage of the Vuelta

Strong Vuelta start for Roche and Bennett

Nicolas Roche and Sam Bennett both made a decent start to the 2019 Vuelta a Espana.

Cycling • 24 Aug 19

Froome has recounted the aftermath of his season-ending injury

Froome: It almost felt like a scene from Grey's Anatomy

Chris Froome described the aftermath of his crash at the Criterium du Dauphine as like something out of a television drama but believes he is ahead of schedule in his rehabilitation as he sets his sights on next summer's Tour de France.

Cycling • 03 Aug 19

Neatly eight years on and Chris Froome has been declared the 2011 Vuelta winner

Froome awarded 2011 Vuelta crown after Cobo doping ban

Eight years on, Chris Froome has been crowned winner of the 2011 Vuelta a Espana after Spain's Juan Jose Cobo was stripped of the title following a doping violation.

Cycling • 18 Jul 19

Chris Froome is the official 2011 winner

Froome officially crowned 2011 Vuelta winner

Chris Froome has officially been named as the winner of the 2011 Vuelta a Espana following a doping case involving Juan Jose Cobo.

Cycling • 17 Jul 19

Froome suffered injures to his pelvis, right femur, ribs, and right elbow

Chris Froome's team boss backs him to bounce back

Chris Froome's team manager Dave Brailsford is backing him to make a full recovery after Wednesday's horror crash in the Criterium du Dauphine.

Cycling • 16 Jun 19

'Whilst this is a setback and a major one at that, I am focusing on looking forward,' says Froome

'I know how lucky I am' - Froome on horror crash

Chris Froome admitted he is lucky to be alive after speaking for the first time since his horror cycling accident.

Cycling • 15 Jun 19

Froome was airlifted to hospital after the crash

Froome 'went from 54kph to a dead stop' in crash

Chris Froome is expected to remain in intensive care for at least two more days after suffering multiple fractures in a crash which has ruled him out of the Tour de France.

Cycling • 13 Jun 19