Rowe: We've got to put all of our eggs in one basket and look after Egan Bernal

Luke Rowe works hard for Team Ineos teammate Geraint Thomas as the 2019 Tour de France
Luke Rowe works hard for Team Ineos teammate Geraint Thomas as the 2019 Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Team Ineos road captain Luke Rowe has described the exclusion of Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome from the Tour de France squad as a "tough decision" and has called for the team to now "put all of our eggs in one basket and look after Egan."

Rowe is the only British rider in the eight-rider line-up for the Tour, with the previous successes of Froome and Thomas counting for little as Team Ineos prepare to target victory in this year's mountainous race against their on-form rivals Jumbo-Visma. While Bernal and much of the Tour de France squad has raced in France in August, Rowe rode the Tour de Pologne and then the Tour de Wallonie in Belgium.  

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