Chris Froome has insisted he is 'on the road to recovery' following his horror crash which saw him lose four pints of blood and required six-hours of surgery, and has admitted he feels lucky to be alive.

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.

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.

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.

Geraint Thomas breathed a sigh of relief at the finish of stage eight of the Tour de France after he survived a team pile-up at the bottom of a fast downhill section on the approach to Saint-Etienne.

The defending champion came off on a right-hander with around 130km of the 177km stage, which started and finished in Nimes, remaining. He was though soon able to rejoin the race.

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.

The driver of a refrigerated chicken truck that ploughed into four police officers - killing them all - is being interviewed by detectives.

Mohinder Singh Bajwa was initially taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital under police guard after he suffered a 'medical episode' in the wake of the horrific crash.

Howard Hershenhorn, attorney for Bob Simon's family, insinuated that the defense team for New York-based Skyline Credit Ride misplaced key evidence in the ongoing fatal crash lawsuit.

Chris Froome has insisted he is 'on the road to recovery' following his horror crash which saw him lose four pints of blood and required six-hours of surgery, and has admitted he feels lucky to be alive.

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 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.

MIKE DICKSON IN MELBOURNE: Kyle Edmund and Jo Konta suffered a thudding disappointment at the Australian Open as a big day for British singles players started woefully.

MIKE DICKSON IN MELBOURNE: Maria Sharapova's precipitous tumble down the rankings continued after she was bundled out of the Australian Open first round by Donna Vekic.

MIKE DICKSON IN BRATISLAVA: An emotional Harriet Dart had to be consoled by team-mates after failing to stop Great Britain from missing out on the bonanza of the new Fed Cup final week.

PETER CARLINE IN ROTTERDAM: Gael Monfils was in unplayable mood as the world No 9 saw off British No 1 Dan Evans in straight sets to reach the semi-finals of the Rotterdam Open. 

They gained worldwide fame after their 2014 hit She Looks So Perfect. And now 5 Seconds of Summer have revealed they've been crashing Taylor Swift's birthday parties for five years.

The incident occurred just before 2.15am on Thursday in Waterloo Corner, on Adelaide's northern rural fringe.

The women, aged 53 and 55, died at scene in Urrbrae, south of Adelaide's CBD, following the crash at about 1.40pm on Saturday.

Police including officers on horseback lined the streets of Adelaide's inner-south on Friday to pay a final tribute to Chief Superintendent Joanne Shanahan, a much-loved mother of two.

My son rented a vehicle in Corsica in July 2017 and was involved in a minor accident which was not his fault. Enterprise Corsica, the car hire firm, has not repaid his €950 excess.

The landlady (Beverley Callard) appeared to rub The Queen Vic's landlady Linda (Kellie Bright) the wrong way during BBC's charity fundraising event, Big Night In, on Thursday.

Andy Murray and brother Jamie have fallen at the quarter-final stage of the Citi Open in Washington to Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus after a closely fought three-seat encounter.

Andy Murray continued his singles comeback with a straight-sets defeat by Tennys Sandgren at the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina on Monday night.

Eugenie Bouchard challenged her followers to a game of Tennis World Tour. The Canadian is preparing for an online tournament featuring the likes of Andy Murray and Rafa Nadal.

Dash cam footage from the innocent driver's BMW shows him driving down peaceful streets in Wimbledon at about 20mph before a black Volkswagen smashes into him.

A man from Wigan, Greater Manchester, managed to capture the incident yesterday morning in the town's Asda Golborne store.

Brent crude, which is extracted from the North Sea and serves as an international benchmark, fell to $18.10 a barrel.

The British telecoms giant has long been seen as a potential suitor for broadband provider Virgin after it previously held unsuccessful takeover talks with parent Liberty Global.

Victorian China Consul-General Zhou Long arrived alongside billionaire miner Andrew Forrest at the official ministerial event in Melbourne on Wednesday evening.

Long Zhou used to work in a secretive cyber cell inside the Chinese Communist Party, helping it wage war against western governments and pump out propaganda.

Naomi Osaka's 10-match US Open winning streak and title defence are done after she was outplayed in the fourth-round by Belinda Bencic in a 7-5, 6-4 defeat.

MIKE DICKSON AT FLUSHING MEADOWS: Roger Federer may have fancied his chances of taking another Grand Slam title - but then along came the player known as Baby Fed.

An economic slowdown or recession has far reaching consequences for prosperity and peoples' jobs of course, but the entire financial system is not in peril, as it was in 2008.

Tight controls haven't inhibited Terry Smith in running his well-honed Fundsmith investment empire that spans London, Connecticut and Mauritius, where he lives.

Five years has always been the standard stipulation from financial experts as the minimum period that small investors should plan to remain in the market.

Despairing income investors watching dividends shrivel or vanish should consider corporate debt, say experts.