Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome announces retirement

Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome has called time on his professional cycling career.

He suffered serious injuries during a training incident in August 2025 and has not raced since.

Speaking to Belgian broadcaster Sporza about whether he was retiring, the 41-year-old said: “Unfortunately, there was that crash last summer, that was not the way I wanted it to end. But even then, I knew it was over.”

Froome seemingly later confirmed the news on social media, resharing a throwback post of himself at Mont Ventoux that wished him a happy retirement.

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The champion rider won the Tour de France in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017, also winning the Giro d’Italia in 2018 and the Vuelta a Espana in both 2011 and 2017 – all with Team Sky.

His wife Michelle last year confirmed the crash in the south of France left Froome needing surgery to repair a fractured vertebrae, collapsed lung and five broken ribs.

However, it was later revealed the operation also uncovered a rupture of the pericardium due to blunt chest trauma which was incurred when Froome collided with a road sign at over 30mph.

“It was obviously a lot more serious than some broken bones. He’s fine, but it’s going to be a long recovery process,” Michelle told The Times.

“He won’t be riding a bike for a while. Chris is happy for you to share this because people need to understand what is going on.”

Froome was in the final months of the five-year contract he signed when he left Ineos Grenadiers to join Israel Premier-Tech ahead of the 2021 campaign.

Only four men have more Tour titles than Froome, with Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain all five-time winners.

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