Chris Froome Announces Retirement From Professional Cycling

Chris Froome, four-time Tour de France winner, has announced the end of his professional cycling career, the BBC reported. The 41-year-old British rider has not raced since a serious crash in August 2025. Froome collided head-on with a road sign at more than 30 mph during that incident.

He suffered five broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a lumbar vertebrae fracture. His wife said doctors discovered a pericardial rupture during surgery and repaired it. "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 told Belgian broadcaster Sporza. He confirmed the retirement at a Skoda brand ambassador event on Thursday.

He also won the Giro d'Italia in 2018 and the Vuelta a Espana in 2011 and 2017. He claimed Olympic bronze medals in the individual time trial in 2012 and 2016. Froome was made an OBE in 2015. In 2017 he was found to have more than the allowed level of salbutamol in his urine.

The World Anti-Doping Agency later accepted there was no breach and recommended the case be dropped. Born in Nairobi to British parents, Froome switched nationality in 2008 and signed for Team Sky in 2010. He left the team, now known as Team Ineos, in 2020 and joined Israel-Premier Tech.

The team released him in November after leaving him out of its past three Tour de France races. Froome sustained a broken femur and hip in a 2019 crash. His best result afterward was third on stage 12 of the 2022 Tour de France.

He suffered a broken collarbone in a UAE Tour 2025 crash and missed that year's Tour selection. His final race was the 2025 Tour of Poland, where he finished 68th. His last victory came via an 80 km solo attack over Colle delle Finestre at the 2018 Giro d'Italia.