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The four-time Tour de France champion is back on the bike after a serious accident forced him to be airlifted to a hospital.
Chris Froome suffered serious injuries in a “serious training accident” in August and was airlifted to a hospital in Toulon, France.
Froome suffered a pneumothorax, five broken ribs and a fractured lumbar vertebra that put his cycling career in jeopardy.
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Chris Froome celebrates at the Tour de France. (Tim de Waele/Corbis via Getty Images)
However, Froome posted on social media that he would ride again.
“It’s been a tough road back after my last accident but it feels so good to finally be here spinning and on the road again,” Froome wrote with a selfie on Instagram. “Every setback teaches you something… this one reminded me to slow down, heal and enjoy the simple things in life.”
Froome’s first Tour de France victory came in 2013. He then won three in a row after losing in 2014, becoming the first person to defend the title since Lance Armstrong before his seven wins were taken away.
Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome suffered numerous injuries in a “serious” accident in August. (Tim De Waele/Corbis via Getty Images)
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His last victory was the Giro d’Italia in 2018. He also won the Vuelta a España twice, in 2011 and 2017, completing his four Tour triumphs, the first in 2013, followed by a hat-trick of titles between 2015 and 2017.
Froome, 40, never returned to his previous best after a crash in training at the 2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, an event he used to fine-tune his bid for a record-equalling fifth Tour title. In the accident he broke his right femur, elbow and ribs.
General leader’s yellow jersey Britain’s Christopher Froome runs during the 32 km individual time trial and the 17th stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 17, 2013, between Embrun and Chorges, in southeastern France. (JEFF PACHOUD/AFP via Getty Images)
Froome has signed with Israel-Premier Tech since 2021, but with the contract expiring soon, combined with this drop, his career could be in danger.
