Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome has announced the end of his professional cycling career. The 41-year-old British rider has not competed since sustaining severe injuries in a crash in August 2025, when he collided with a road sign at high speed.
During the incident, Froome suffered a fractured lumbar vertebra, five broken ribs, and a collapsed lung. Doctors later discovered and repaired a pericardial rupture, an injury to the sac surrounding the heart, during surgery.
Froome, who was born in Kenya, retires as one of cycling's most accomplished athletes. He achieved seven Grand Tour victories during his time with Team Sky, now known as Team Ineos. His Tour de France victories came in 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017. He joins an elite group of cyclists who have won the Tour de France multiple times, with only four riders in history having secured more titles.
His extensive list of victories also includes the Giro d'Italia in 2018 and the Vuelta a España in 2011 and 2017. Furthermore, Froome earned two Olympic bronze medals in the individual time trial at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.
In recognition of his contributions to cycling, Froome was appointed an OBE in 2015. He stated that while the 2025 crash was not the ending he envisioned, he understood that his racing career was over.
Froome's career was defined by his dominance in Grand Tours and his remarkable resilience, overcoming significant challenges throughout his journey in professional cycling.