PARIS—The greatest cycling career of the 21st century took a dramatic turn last summer when Chris Froome pulled a move he had managed a million times before. He tried to blow his nose. But when a gust of wind caught him with one hand off the bars, the sport’s unstoppable force (a four-time Tour de France winner) suddenly met an immovable object (a low wall). The 35-mile-per-hour collision left Froome with a broken neck, elbow, femur, and hip along with several fractured ribs. Most people would have considered themselves lucky...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 19, 2020 15:00 UTC