{"id":177019,"date":"2020-02-26T12:06:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T12:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=177019"},"modified":"2020-02-26T12:07:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T12:07:17","slug":"chris-froome-trying-to-walk-was-by-far-the-hardest-part-of-the-rehab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2020\/02\/26\/chris-froome-trying-to-walk-was-by-far-the-hardest-part-of-the-rehab\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Froome: \u2018Trying to Walk Was By Far the Hardest Part of the Rehab\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Speaking for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/two-screws-in-the-knee-two-in-the-upper-thigh-and-a-rod-through-the-femur-limping-chris-froome-reveals-extent-of-injuries-lml6wfxwb\">The Times<\/a>, the four-time Tour de France winner opened up about the hardship of his comeback.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Chris Froome suffered six different fractures at last year\u2019s Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9. He had a first surgery immediately after the horror crash. Later, in a second operation, the metal plate put in his hip was removed, and then he had to have another surgery after cutting the tendons in his thumb with a kitchen knife. A fourth and last surgery was needed in December 2019 after the champion\u2019s hip had got infected. Froome\u2019s early departure from a training camp left his fans with a lot of questions.<\/p>\n<p>However, he is now back in the peloton, competing at the UAE Tour. Still a long way from an ideal form, Froome admits he went through a lot of hardship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All smiles for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisfroome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chrisfroome<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EddieDunbar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EddieDunbar<\/a> on stage three <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UAETour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UAETour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Nj61y4ABZ\">pic.twitter.com\/9Nj61y4ABZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; INEOS Grenadiers (@INEOSGrenadiers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INEOSGrenadiers\/status\/1232240742703169537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTrying to walk was by far the hardest part of the rehab. It\u2019s just something you don\u2019t think about until you\u2019re in that position. After the weeks of being bedridden and in a wheelchair afterwards, walking felt so foreign. Mentally, it was tough. Being barely able to walk. There\u2019s still a limp there but that will go with time. It\u2019s a lot better than it was a few weeks ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Froome now has a big scar on his hip where the metal plate was, two screws in his knee, two screws in his upper thigh and a rod through his femur. A lot to remind him of the horror moment at the Crit\u00e9rium. As you would probably guess, however, he doesn\u2019t care all that much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no fear, or fear of the speed, thankfully. There were no issues getting stuck in. I spend a lot of time training with the team, or other riders, down in the south of France, so being on the wheels wasn\u2019t any different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think he can get back in form in time for the Tour?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking for The Times, the four-time Tour de France winner opened up about the hardship of his comeback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":177020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[425,438,2719],"global-categories":[3366],"class_list":["post-177019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-chris-froome","tag-criterium-du-dauphine","tag-uae-tour","global-categories-cycling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chris Froome: \u2018Trying to Walk Was By Far the Hardest Part of the Rehab\u2019 - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Speaking for The Times, the four-time Tour de France winner opened up about the hardship of his comeback. 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