Froome: – Lucky it's live

In an interview with The Guardian, Chris Froome tells him that he is lucky to be alive.

The cyclist has already won the Tour de France four times, but will not look at the starting line this time around. On Wednesday, he crashed against a brick wall 60 kilometers to the hour under the Critérium de Dauphine. It was immediately realized that the British had been seriously injured.

At the hospital, it was revealed that he had fractured the femur, elbow, hip and rib. Later, we learned the news of a fractured neck.

Froome will of course not be more competitive this season, and is especially happy to be alive.

– I know how lucky I am to be here today and how much I owe to a medical device present during the cycling race. It's a major setback, but I'm looking forward to it. It will be a long period of rehabilitation, but it starts now and I am fully focused on getting back to my best level, says 34 years old.

– difficult time

In the photo, the bike lanes were posted on Instagram, he smiles and thumbs up, but Froome is expected to spend six weeks at the University Hospital in Saint-Etienne, where he is currently being treated.

Froome is cycling for Team Ineos (formerly Team Sky) and won the Tour de France in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017. This makes it one of the most successful of the traditional cycling race.

Froome has never been hurt by this scale and has received a lot of support after the cruel accident.

– This is of course a difficult time for me, but I gained a lot of strength thanks to the support I received over the past three days. The overwhelming support is touching and something I never expected.

– I also want to thank surgeons, doctors and nurses from the hospital who have done more than you can expect from me. I will always be grateful.

Won for Froome

In the absence of Froome, Wout Poels takes over from the Ineo team and wins the seventh stage of Dauphine. The Dutch cheer loudly as he crosses the finish line first, taking the rat over Jakob Fuglsang and Emanuel Buchmann.

It was the first win of the season for Poels, who dedicated him to Froome.

– I hope he's watched, because it was really for Chris, especially after what happened this week. It's good for the team and I hope it will give Chris the strength to really come back, he says Eurosport.

Today, about six months of training are waiting, according to surgeon Remi Philippot, who operated Froome.

– It is not certain either that the training is proceeding as we hope. Maybe we will have to do something else, says the surgeon, according to the BBC.