Chris Froome was in surgey for eight hours and remains in intensive care in hospital in France.
Chris Froome underwent surgery late into last night with the operation taking eight hours, according to a report in respected French newspaper L'Équipe.
The treatment of Froome’s condition has been complicated
by the fact two of his broken bones are open fractures.
That means the skin was broken when the bones broke; a
serious injury and one that increases the chances of infection.
Some 24 hours after his crash during his recon ride at the Dauphine TT course, Froome (34) remains in intensive care in hospital in Saint-Etienne.
Team Ineos principal Dave Brailsford had yesterday said
Froome hit a wall at about 60km per hour.
Today L'Équipe has reported his computer was recording a speed of 54km per hour when he crashed.
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It appears Chris Froome took his hands off the bars to
blow his nose and his front wheel was blown from under him, causing him to hit
a low wall.
As well as a fractured femur and elbow on the left side,
Froome has also suffered a number of broken ribs.
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Considering the nature and extent of his injuries it
seems certain he will not race again this year.
His absence from the Team Ineos line-up for the Tour de
France is confirmed and it considerably weakens the team.
However, Team Ineos still has defending champion Geraint
Thomas in its ranks for next month’s event.
Froome was set to begin the Tour in the same line-up as
Thomas and the road would have decided who the leader was.
However, with Froome now out of the picture it will be
interesting to see how Team Ineos handles his absence.
For example, it was unclear if Geraint Thomas would now
be promoted to outright leader.
It is also possible Egan Bernal would be promoted up into
a co-leadership role for the Tour, thus taking the place of Froome.
Thomas has begun to show decent form of late, taking 3rd
overall at the Tour de Romandie.
However, he barely raced last year after winning the Tour
and has raced very little this season.
Bernal has also had a troubled period; crashing the week before
the Giro and breaking his collarbone.
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