Froome is the last cyclist who has abandoned the Tour by Coronavirus.
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Chris Froome, four times champion of the Tour de France, is hospitalized after suffering a serious accident during a training in France.
The British corridor of the Israel-Premier Tech was urgently transferred by helicopter to a Toulon hospital, after a fall that initially confused with an outrage, but that his team later clarified as a shock without additional involved.
The official medical part indicated that Froome is stable and did not suffer head injuries, but the exams confirmed a delicate picture: pneumothorax, five fractured ribs and a lumbar vertebra fracture.
Due to the seriousness of the injuries, the cyclist will be subjected to surgery in the next few hours, and his team reported that they will give updates about their health status after the intervention.
The serious Froome accidents
The accident is a new blow to Froome's career, who had already crossed difficult moments after the serious fall he suffered in 2019 during the Daashiné criterium, in which the femur fractured, the elbow and several ribs. Since then, the British has tried to recover his competitive level, with sporadic performances in the big laps, although far from the domain that led him to be one of the most laureate corridors of the last decade.
The Israel-Premier Tech, a team that Froome arrived in 2021, expressed his total support for the cyclist and stressed that the priority is his recovery. In the statement released by both the team and in the official accounts of the corridor itself, it insisted that, despite the hardness of the accident, there is no immediate vital risk and surgery is expected to stabilize fractures.
Froome: a runner for history books
Froome, born in Nairobi (Kenya) in 1985, is considered a legend of world cycling. Professional since 2007, it was consolidated as one of the great specialists in mountain and counterreloj, achieving a historic record: four Tours of France (2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017), two laps to Spain (2011 and 2017) and a turn of Italy (2018), in addition to 14 stage triumphs in the three major laps.
Throughout his career, he has overcome different obstacles, from injuries to doping suspicions of which he was acquitted, and remained one of the most influential cyclists of his generation.
His legacy in road cycling places him at the same level as big names such as Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault or Miguel Induráin, and therefore his current state of health is followed with concern for fans and colleagues worldwide.
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