Overview

• Froome’s wife said surgeons found and repaired a pericardial rupture, a rare tear to the sac around the heart typically caused by severe blunt trauma.
• Initial scans had identified a collapsed lung, five broken ribs and a fractured lumbar vertebra following last week’s high‑speed training crash in southern France.
• He clipped a kerb and hit a road sign at more than 30 mph near Saint‑Raphaël before being airlifted to Toulon for emergency care.
• Israel‑Premier Tech said the procedures went as planned and that Froome is recovering in hospital at Sainte Anne Toulon, a top regional trauma and thoracic center.
• He faces a long recovery, will not return to racing this season, and his career prospects are uncertain with his contract due to expire at year’s end.