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<\/p>\nBritish Tour de France winning cyclist Chris Froome has undergone surgery after a “serious” crash.<\/p>\n
The four-time Tour de France winner, 40, was airlifted to hospital following the crash, which took place while he was training in France, his team announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n
An update was posted on his social media account on Friday, which said: “We can confirm that Chris has successfully undergone surgery following his recent injuries.<\/p>\n
“The procedures went as planned, and Chris is currently recovering in hospital under the care of his medical team.<\/p>\n
“He is in good spirits and grateful for the excellent medical support he has received.<\/p>\n
“Chris and his family would like to thank fans, friends, and the cycling community for their concern and kind messages during this time.”<\/p>\n
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\n Chris Froome in action during Tour de France 2022. Pic: Gonzalo Fuentes\/Reuters<\/p>\n
Chris was airlifted in Toulon on Wednesday following a “serious training crash”, an earlier update on his social media account said. No other cyclists or vehicles were involved.<\/p>\n
“Fortunately, Chris is stable and did not sustain any head injury,” his team said.<\/p>\n
However, “scans have confirmed a pneumothorax, five broken ribs and a lumbar vertebrae fracture, for which he will undergo surgery.”<\/p>\n
Read more from Sky News: <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Messages of support poured in after the positive update, with many fans wishing him a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n “Great news! Hope you heal up quickly Chris, wishing you all the best,” reads a message from one fan.<\/p>\n “Such a relief to hear. Get well soon,” another fan said.<\/p>\n This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.<\/p>\n Please refresh the page for the latest version.<\/p>\n You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the Sky News app<\/a>. You can also follow us on WhatsApp<\/a> and subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a> to keep up with the latest news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British Tour de France winning cyclist Chris Froome has undergone surgery after a “serious” crash. The four-time Tour…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-100537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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