A week after many of his teammates rallied behind Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford on Twitter, Chris Froome has voiced his support for his beleaguered boss, saying that “Without Dave B, there is no Team Sky”. Brailsford told Cyclingnews and Cycling Weekly at Tirreno-Adriatico last week that he has no intentions of stepping down from his role as Team Principal.
Froome, a three-time Tour de France champion, had been noticeably quiet since the Twitter outpour that followed the news, broken by Cyclingnews last Monday, that some riders had considered asking Brailsford to step down from his post.
Subsequent reports stated that the riders had been asked by management to post the tweets of support after previously being requested to sign a statement backing Brailsford, which Froome had reportedly refused to sign. Froome, who has been with the team since its inception in 2010, makes no mention of that in today's statement but thanks Brailsford for what he has done for him over the past seven years.
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“With respect to Dave Brailsford, he has created one of the best sports teams in the world. Without Dave B, there is no Team Sky,” said Froome in his statement.
“He has supported me throughout the last seven years of my career and I couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunities and the experiences I’ve had. By his own admission, mistakes have been made, but protocols have been put in place to ensure that those same mistakes will not be made again.”
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