Chris Froome Remains In Intensive Care After Accident

Madrid: Four-time Tour de France champion Britain’s Chris Froome continues to be in intensive care at a French hospital in Saint-Etienne following his accident a day back, his team and family said. Chris Froome underwent surgery on Thursday. He has been ruled out of this year’s Tour de France, which starts on July 6.

He had taken a hand off his handlebars to blow his nose on Wednesday when a gust of wind had caught his front wheel, causing him to hit a wall at high speed, fracturing his right femur bone, hip, an elbow and several ribs during a reconnaissance ride during the Criterium du Dauphine race. “He had surgery to repair his femur, his hip, his elbow. He’s got broken ribs, a little bit of internal damage as well, so he’s staying in intensive care for the next couple of days and then we’ll go from there,” his team principal Dave Brailsford said. IANS

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