Dave Brailsford keen to ‘twist knife’ into Team Ineos’s Tour rivals
16 July 2019 05:23
• British team have Thomas and Bernal in second and third• Groupama–FDJ principal says Thibaut Pinot can recoverDave Brailsford’s rest-day habit of provoking the French resurfaced again as the Tour de France took a 24-hour pause in Albi, a day after the home hero Thibaut Pinot had been unceremoniously worked over by Geraint Thomas and his Ineos teammates in gusting crosswinds.While Pinot raged against his bad luck at his own team’s media conference, after an opening phase of the Tour in which he had hardly put a foot wrong, Brailsford appeared to relish the Frenchman’s predicament when he spoke to the media. “We are here to race,” the Ineos team principal said. “I live and breathe and think all day about sticking the knife in and, when you get the chance, twisting it.” Related: Van Aert sprints to stage but Thomas the big winner on Tour day of chaos Related: Tour de France 2019: stage-by-stage guide Continue readingread full article
