After a parenthesis in the world of football, Dave Brailsford comes back to his first love: cycling and Tour de France. The architect of the big hours of the team Sky Then INEOS on The Grande Boucle find the peloton as a strategic advisor toINEOS Grenadiersthe team he helped build and lead to the top of world cycling. In recent seasons, Brailsford had moved away from the bicycle to invest in the group's global sports project INEOStaking responsibility forOGC Nice and at Manchester United. But after leaving the English club at the end of the season, the Briton returns where he had his greatest successes: on the roads of the Tourtheater of his exploits with the victories of Bradley Wiggins (2012), Chris Froome (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017), Geraint Thomas (2018) et Egan Bernal (2019).
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“We welcomed him with open arms in the team”
His return did not go unnoticed in the ranks ofINEOS Grenadiers. Although leaving the press conference held on Wednesday, it is expected this Thursday in Lille. The director general of the team, John Alrightpraised his return with enthusiasm:
“Dave will arrive on the Tour, he invests in it. He loves it. I told him earlier in the day, he was like a child in a candy store that spoke of the next passes … It is the battlefield that he knows and he appreciates it. We welcomed him with open arms in the team, he is a not so secret weapon that we intend to use him.”
Even if she can count on beautiful cards on this Tour de Francewith Carlos Rodriguez, Geraint Thomas, Filippo Ganna & Co, the British team no longer dominates the peloton. Faced with the armadas of UAE Team Emirates XRG et Visma | Lease a Bike, INEOS no longer plays the leading roles … a new challenge for Brailsford.
