Brailsford: ‘A star team will always beat a team of stars’
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Chris Froome (Team Sky) on the podium after winning Criterium du Dauphine(Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
David Brailsford at the Tour presentation(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Team Sky support leader Chris Froome(Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Geraint Thomas (Team Sky)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mikel Landa (Team Sky) leads the breakaway(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Wout Poels drives the pace during stage 5 at the Criterium du Dauphine(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Team Sky was one of the first teams to face the Tour de France media on Thursday morning before they headed out for a training ride in the rain of northern France.
Chris Froome and team manager Dave Brailsford took centre stage, with the other riders in the strong Team Sky line-up flanking them on the long table. Ahead of them was a packed room of media and a dozen television camera ready to catch their every word.
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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.
