Chris Froome to undergo surgery after breaking his back during training crash

Four-time Tour winner stable in Toulon hospital

Scans showed five broken ribs and vertebrae fracture

Chris Froome has been airlifted to hospital after suffering a collapsed lung and breaking his back and five ribs during a serious crash while training in France.

The four-time Tour de France winner’s team confirmed that Froome would undergo surgery in Toulon on Thursday after the incident which took place on Wednesday. It said that the 40-year-old was now stable, and that no one else had been involved in the crash.