Dave Brailsford has insisted he will not quit as head of Team Sky despite the intense scrutiny about the way he has managed the Tour de France winning team and, in the past, British Cycling.
Brailsford has become embattled in recent weeks and months as more and more details of the way the team and British Cycling were allowed to operate.
Serious questions have emerged about the way Dr. Richard Freeman worked while at Team Sky and nobody, including Brailsford, has been able to fully explain what was in the mysterious jiffy bag couriered to Team Sky and Dr. Freeman to treat Bradley Wiggins at the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine. UK Anti-Doping and MPs on a British Parliamentary Committee have investigated the case but not yet managed to get to the bottom of it all.
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Brailsford has not spoken to the media since Team Sky’s training camp in Mallorca in early January. He was reported to have secretly followed Team Sky at Tirreno-Adriatico from the team bus on Wednesday and Thursday. After Geraint Thomas confirmed Brailsford’s presence at the Italian race, Brailsford seemed ready to come out of hiding on Friday and defend his actions of the past.
Cyclingnews saw him speaking on the phone behind the Team Sky bus at the start of the third stage. He initially refused to comment but then changed his mind and spoke to Cyclingnews and Cycling Weekly at length. He admitted that it has not been an easy time as team manager, but again refuted any wrong doing, both during his time at British Cycling and at Team Sky. He denied he had been hiding and that he intends to continue in his role at the helm of the team.
“Of course I’m not hiding. I’m fine in myself and I’ve got confidence in my team,” Brailsford said, confirming had no plans to throw in the towel and quit.
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