Chris Froome, cyclist for Israel-Premier Tech, hospitalized after training crash

By AP 28 August 2025, 5:15 pm

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Israel-Premier's British rider Chris Froome cycles during the second stage of the UAE Tour cycling race in al-Hudayriyat island in Abu Dhabi on February 18, 2025. (Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)

Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome will undergo surgery today after “a serious training crash” that saw the British cyclist airlifted to a hospital in France.

Froome’s team Israel-Premier Tech says he is “stable and did not sustain any head injuries” but adds that scans confirmed a pneumothorax, five broken ribs and a lumbar vertebrae fracture.

Froome was taken to hospital in Toulon by helicopter yesterday after the accident, which happened while he was training near Saint-Raphaël. His team says “no other cyclists or vehicles were involved.”

This latest incident could spell the end of Froome’s career as his contract with Israel-Premier Tech — which he joined in 2021 — is coming to an end.