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Chris Froome suffers broken collarbone in crash at UAE Tour • Feb. 24, 2025, 2:38 AM ET (BBC)
Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome breaks collarbone • Feb. 23, 2025, 4:13 PM ET (Straits Times)

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Also Known As Christopher Clive Froome
Born May 20, 1985 (age 39) • Nairobi • Kenya
Awards And Honors Giro d’Italia (2018) • Tour de France (2017) • Tour de France (2016) • Tour de France (2015) • Tour de France (2013)

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Miguel Indurain
Spanish cyclist
Jacques Anquetil
French cyclist
Alberto Contador celebrating after winning the 2009 Tour de France.
Alberto Contador
Spanish cyclist
Eddy Merckx
Belgian cyclist
Chris Hoy
Chris Hoy
British cyclist
Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong
American cyclist
Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Wiggins
British cyclist
Greg LeMond
American athlete
Fignon, Laurent
Laurent Fignon
French cyclist
Joseph C. Farman
British atmospheric scientist
E. H. Shepard
English artist
Alan Turing
Alan Turing
British mathematician and logician
Sanger, Frederick
Frederick Sanger
British biochemist
Schlesinger, John
John Schlesinger
British director
Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
British actress
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
British musician
Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes
British adventurer and writer
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch
British actor
Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren
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