Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome confirms cycling retirement
The seven-time Grand Tour winner ends his career after life-threatening injuries and a broken collarbone kept him from returning to top form.
- Four-Time Tour de France champion Chris Froome confirmed his retirement on Thursday. Asked by The Athletic if his career was over, the 41-year-old replied, "Yes."
- Retirement follows a training crash last summer in France that left Froome with a fractured vertebrae, collapsed lung, broken ribs, and a ruptured pericardium. He has not raced since the incident.
- The Briton secured 46 professional wins, including seven Grand Tours: four Tour de France titles, two Vuelta a Espana crowns, and one Giro d'Italia victory, all with Team Sky.
- Froome announced his decision ahead of this year's Tour de France, which begins July 4. He was in the final months of a five-year contract with Israel Premier-Tech.
- Only cycling legends Eddy Merckx, Jacques Anquetil, and Bernard Hinault have won more than Froome's seven Grand Tour titles. The rider, born in Kenya, retires tied with Miguel Indurain, Alberto Contador, and Fausto Coppi.
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The 41-year-old Briton has not been in action since August 2025, after being injured in a severe crash.
Algemeen Dagblad
bd.nlBritish cyclist Chris Froome has definitively ended his career. The four-time winner of the Tour de France had been without a team since the end of last year.
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