Froome Suffers Broken Collarbone in UAE Tour Crash. Chris Froome, the four-time Tour de France champion, has suffered a broken collarbone after a crash at the UAE Tour. The 39-year-old Briton went down in a mass pile-up just 10km into the final stage on Sunday.
His team, Israel-Premier Tech, confirmed that scans showed a fracture to his right clavicle. He’ll be seeing an orthopedic surgeon on Monday to determine whether surgery is needed to stabilize the injury.
This setback raises questions about how much he’ll be able to compete in what is likely his final season. Froome, a two-time Olympic bronze medallist and winner of both the Vuelta a España and the Giro d’Italia, had hinted back in December that he might retire after this year’s Vuelta in September.
