Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome was airlifted to hospital in Toulon after a serious training crash on Wednesday near Saint-Raphaël in southern France, according to his Israel-Premier Tech team. Medical scans showed the 40-year-old Briton suffered a pneumothorax, five broken ribs and a lumbar vertebra fracture. Froome is in a stable condition with no head injuries and underwent surgery on Thursday. The team said he will miss the rest of the season. Israel-Premier Tech stated that no other riders or vehicles were involved, countering an initial French media report that suggested a collision with a car. Local authorities have not yet provided further details on the incident. The setback raises questions about Froome’s future in the peloton. The seven-time Grand Tour champion has struggled to regain his former dominance since a life-threatening crash in 2019 and has not won a major race since the 2018 Giro d’Italia. His current contract with Israel-Premier Tech expires at the end of the year.