Loved and loathed,it’s the British team’s attention to coaching that has propelled Chris Froome to regular frontrunner for cycling’s most prestigious prizeOf the six Tours since Team Sky first appeared at la Grande Boucle in 2010 they have won three overall with two riders, Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome, or taken 12 stages,a record which is beginning to bear comparison with some of the best-known teams in cycling history such as Bernard Hinault’s Renault and Miguel Indurain’s and Pedro Delgado’s Reynolds-Banesto.
Looking purely at the Tour de France, Sky have dominated the post-Lance Armstrong era, and even whether they have yet to win a major one-day classic. It is a far bawl from the spring day in 2009 when Dave Brailsford – pre-knighthood – summoned the press to the Lanesborough hotel to announce his intention of winning the Tour with a British cyclist within five years,and of doing it “clean”.
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Source: theguardian.com