Four-time Tour de France winner Froome retires
Summary
Chris Froome, a British cyclist who won the Tour de France four times, has retired from professional cycling after a serious crash in 2025. He is one of the most successful cyclists ever, with seven major race wins and two Olympic bronze medals.Key Facts
- Chris Froome is 41 years old and retired from professional cycling.
- He crashed in August 2025, hitting a road sign at over 30 mph, causing serious injuries, including broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a heart sac tear.
- Froome won the Tour de France in 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017.
- He also won the Giro d’Italia in 2018 and the Vuelta a España in 2011 and 2017.
- Froome won Olympic bronze medals in cycling time trials in 2012 and 2016.
- In 2016, during the Tour de France, Froome famously ran part of a race without a bike after a crash.
- An anti-doping case in 2017 found no violation related to his asthma medication.
- Froome left Team Ineos in 2020 and later joined Israel-Premier Tech before being released in November after missing recent Tour de France races.
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