Froome feared he'd broken his back in Tour crash

By Chris Dutton
Updated March 26 2017 - 9:53am, first published December 2 2016 - 6:48pm
Chris Froome at Lake Jindabyne on Friday. Photo: L'Etape
Chris Froome at Lake Jindabyne on Friday. Photo: L'Etape

Defending Tour de France champion Chris Froome has revealed he spent a night in hospital and feared he had fractured a vertebrae after crashing into a motorbike on the 12th stage this year.

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