Overview
- Froome confirmed his retirement on Friday, speaking to media and resharing a social post shortly before the start of the 2026 Tour de France.
- He has not raced since a solo training crash in southern France in August 2025 that left him airlifted to Toulon with broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a back fracture.
- Surgery after the 2025 crash reportedly uncovered a rupture of the pericardium caused when he struck a road sign at high speed, a detail disclosed by his family.
- His form never fully recovered after a major 2019 Dauphiné crash, and further setbacks in 2025 included a broken collarbone in the UAE Tour and omission from that year’s Tour selection.
- Froome finishes with seven Grand Tour wins and multiple Olympic and world championship medals, and his exit underscores questions about rider recovery, roadside safety in training, and the end of an era for Team Sky/Ineos-era dominance.