Chris Froome will undergo surgery on Thursday following the crash which required an airlift to hospital in France. Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome is to undergo surgery after a serious training crash that saw the British cyclist airlifted to a hospital in France. Froome's team, Israel-Premier Tech, said on Thursday that he was stable and did not sustain any head injuries but added that scans confirmed a pneumothorax, five broken ribs, and a lumbar vertebrae fracture.
Gardaí confirmed that two men in their 20s have been brought to the Mater Hospital in Dublin for treatment of serious injuries. A man in his 20s has also been arrested and is currently being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at a Garda station in Dublin city. Gardaí responded to a report of a serious assault on Sean MacDermott Street Upper, Dublin 1 shortly after 5:30pm this afternoon, Friday 22nd August 2025.
