{"id":310844,"date":"2025-11-26T22:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/310844\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T22:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:25:12","slug":"chris-froome-returns-to-cycling-after-severe-crash-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/310844\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Froome returns to cycling after severe crash injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A four-time Tour de France champion is back on the bike after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/4-time-tour-de-france-winner-suffers-numerous-injuries-serious-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a severe crash<\/a> resulted in him being airlifted to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Chris Froome sustained major injuries in a &#8220;serious training crash&#8221; in August and was transported to a hospital in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/4-time-tour-de-france-winner-suffers-numerous-injuries-serious-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Toulon, France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Froome sustained a collapsed lung, five broken ribs and a lumbar vertebra fracture that put his cycling career in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chris-froome-112625.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Froome\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Chris Froome celebrates at the Tour de France.\u00a0 (Tim de Waele\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Froome posted on social media that he was riding again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s been a tough road back after my latest crash, but it feels so good to finally be out here spinning the legs and on the road again,&#8221; Froome wrote with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRg5uZRDOHS\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">selfie on Instagram<\/a>. &#8220;Every setback teaches you something&#8230; this one reminded me to slow down, heal and enjoy the simple things in life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Froome first won the Tour de France in 2013. He then won three straight after losing in 2014, becoming the first rider to defend the title since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/lance-armstrong-told-10000-lies-doping-scandal-new-documentary-reveals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lance Armstrong<\/a> before his seven victories were stripped.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chris-froome-france-82825.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Froome\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome sustained numerous injuries in a &#8220;serious&#8221; crash in August.\u00a0 (Tim De Waele\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/nfl-week-13-schedule-fans-get-feast-ton-football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NFL WEEK 13 SCHEDULE: FANS GET TO FEAST ON A TON OF FOOTBALL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Froome&#8217;s last victory was at the Giro d\u2019Italia in 2018. He also won the Spanish Vuelta twice, in 2011 and 2017, bookending his four triumphs in the Tour \u2014 the first in 2013, followed by a hat trick of titles from 2015-17.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old Froome never returned to his previous best level after a training crash at the 2019 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9, an event he used to fine-tune his bid for a record-equaling fifth Tour title. In the accident, he broke his right femur, elbow and ribs.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chris-froome-mountain-082825.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Froome near mountain\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s Christopher Froome rides during the 32-kilometer individual time trial and 17th stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France July 17, 2013, between Embrun and Chorges, southeastern France.\u00a0 (Jeff Pachoud\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Froome has been signed with Israel-Premier Tech since 2021, but his career could be in jeopardy with the contract soon expiring combined with this crash.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sports coverage on X<\/a>,\u00a0and subscribe to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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