Froome undergoes surgery following bad training accident in France

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2025-08-28

London (PA Media/dpa) - 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. The 40-year-old Briton suffered a fractured vertebrae, collapsed lung and five broken ribs in a crash on Wednesday and was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Toulon on the French Riviera, around 160 kilometres from his home in Monaco. French ne......

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