DANIEL BENSON - EDITOR-IN-CHIEF FOR CYCLINGNEWS.COM: Last Wednesday Chris Froome and the Team Ineos squad arrived in the outskirts of the French commune of Roanne.

The Team Ineos principal thinks it is time to look at extra measures such as special Kevlar-based clothing to protect riders at the point of impact following Chris Froome's accident.

Chris Froome's team-mate Geraint Thomas believes the injuries the four-time Tour de France champion suffered in a horrific crash last week could have been 'a hell of a lot worse'.

Thomas has been taken to hospital for assessment after coming off his bike in the final 30 km from the end of stage four of the race. He was immediately tended to by medics but was unable to to continue.

Froome had been treated at the University Hospital of St Etienne, where he underwent a six-hour operation to repair a fractured right femur, broken hip, fractured elbow and fractured ribs.

The 33-year-old was ruled out of even competing in the grandest of cycling's three tours after suffering extensive injuries in a crash during the Criterium du Dauphine last month.

Chris Froome admitted he is 'relieved' to be back home and will be following the Tour de France from his bed following the horror crash that left him seriously injured.

Chris Froome has become the 2011 Spanish Vuelta winner because of Juan Jose Cobo's disqualification for blood doping. Cobo did not meet a deadline to challenge his three-year ban.

MATT LAWTON ON THE COL DU TOURMALET: Owner of Ineos Jim Ratcliffe must have sat in the team car on Saturday afternoon and wondered if he had just bought a cycling team in decline.

Chris Froome has returned to training just six weeks after a crash in a training ride left him in intensive care. The 34-year-old suffered a broken leg, elbow and multiple broken ribs in Roanne last month.

The 34-year-old suffered multiple broken bones after he collided with a wall during this year's event, but is ahead in his recovery and is targeting next year's race as a potential return date.

Chris Froome has revealed that he does not remember any part of the horrific crash that almost cost him his life during a training ride in May.

Chris Froome is due to compete in the end-of-season Saitama Creiterium, which will be his first race since suffering a horror crash at the Criterium du Dauphine in June.

Chris Froome shared a photo of himself as he steps up recovery from a life-threatening crash that left him with broken legs, ribs and elbow and neck.

Chris Froome's comeback from career-threatening injuries gathered pace in Paris as the four-time Tour de France winner targeted victory in next year's race.

Nine months after his career almost ended in a bone-splintering crash into a French garden wall, Froome's comeback to cycling gets going in the desert setting of the UAE Tour on Sunday.

Newcastle United has a tradition where players and staff greet one another with a handshake every morning but manager Steve Bruce admitted: 'We've stopped on the advice of the doctor'.

DAVID COVERDALE IN BERLIN: Michael Morkov had travelled to Berlin from the UAE Tour, which was cancelled after two Italian staff members tested positive for the virus and he is now in isolation.

Chris Froome has thanked French doctors for helping him get back on his bike after a horror crash last year left him with a broken leg. He posted a training video to Instagram on Thursday.

JANE FRYER: As they stood outside the Old Bailey yesterday, Charlotte Brown's family were a vision of dignity, strength and integrity. Everything indeed that James 'Jack' Shepherd lacks

JANE FRYER lifts the lid on the Three Tenors - Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo, the European opera singers adept at transporting their fans to a higher plane.

Prince Albert's cruel notes to Queen Victoria shatter their mythic love story - he called her 'my child' and cut her down - saying 'I feel the dreadful waste of most precious time, and of energies' with her.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The FA leadership will have an unlikely say in the appointments of the new chief executive and chairman of the Premier League.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: An FA council meeting on October 24 looks like being pivotal to the proposed £600million sale of Wembley to Fulham owner Shahid Khan.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The troubled Hundred format on which the England Cricket Board are placing so much importance is facing a critical fortnight.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: One of the longest contracts in sport is complicating the FA’s plan to bring the England players’ commercial operation in-house.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: BBC are making significant changes to their flagship Sports Personality of the Year programme that turned into a shambles in Liverpool last year.

CHARLES SALE - THE SPORTS AGENDA: adidas invited all their English football clubs to their Munich headquarters last week to present future plans.

Chief Constables are not hired to change the law. They are hired to enforce it. Mike Barton, the Durham Police chief, needs to be sharply reminded of this, THE MAIL ON SUNDAY says.

It is hard to justify the vast differences between the Western way of life and the conditions endured by those who live in the poorer parts of the world.

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: The tumult and the shouting may at last be dying away. The time for slogans and cheap jibes is over. Dogma is giving way to practicality.

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Boris Johnson is said to have been unhappy about imposing his lockdown on the country, and that his naturally liberal instincts are troubled by it.

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Our hearts go out to the frontline staff in the NHS who face dangers as great as any endured by soldiers in battle.

The Grammy award-winning composer says the R&B superstar took her role as lioness Nala in the upcoming Disney remake 'very seriously' and he has hailed her new track Spirit.

She, along with Naomi Campbell and Kelly Rowland, were called out in the new track. And Lupita Nyong'o was excited when she heard her name in Beyonce's song, Brown Skin Girl.

Norma Kamali, 74, fresh off a plane from New York, is straight-backed and lithe-limbed, and her skin glows so brightly it could power the National Grid.

John Oliver, who plays Zazu in the new Lion King, confirmed speculations that Beyonce, who stars alongside him as Nala, was not actually present for the cast's official photo shoot.

In a new video promoting the plant-based program 22 Days Nutrition, the songstress revealed she weighed 175 pounds on the very first day of Coachella rehearsals.

The 37-year-old singer and actress took to her Instagram on Friday to share several snaps from a sultry shoot.

The photo was historic in its own right, as photographer Tyler Mitchell was the first-ever African-American person to shoot a cover for Vogue in its 125 years in print.

It's been 10 years since she won the VMA for Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards. Fresh off the release of her latest album Lover, Taylor Swift is sharing an excerpt from her diary.

Taylor Swift may forgive, but apparently never forgets. The singer referenced the moment when Kanye West interrupted her acceptance speech at the same show 10 years prior.

The actor splashed the cash to a tune of $300K to celebrate his milestone year at the celeb-favorite, ultra lavish beachside Ani Private Resort in the Dominican Republic.

Aaron Paul just celebrated the big 4-0 and is feeling extra grateful. Having just returned from his birthday trip, the Breaking Bad star took to Instagram Wednesday to say 'thank you' to everyone involved.

A jeweller who started her business at just 21 from the kitchen table of her parents' home in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire has revealed how some of the world's biggest stars now wear her designs.

Beyonce proved she was a woman of many talents on Monday when she shared a preview clip of Beyonce Presents: Making The Gift in which she performed opera.

Homecoming was released on Netflix in April. It garnered six Emmy nods but in the end was shut out in all of them.

James Maddison grabbed the chance for a photo with hip-hop legend Jay-Z at an event for sportswear giant Puma.

The pop megastar took to her personal website to share over 60 intimate photos from the last year of her life.

The singer, 38, wore her long hair loose and was made-up with glossy red lip color. She strutted in black heels with an ankle strap and diamante tassels round the heels.