Team Sky deal should motivate chasing pack, says rival boss


  • Cycling
  • Saturday, 23 Mar 2019

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Tour de France - The 188-km Stage 14 from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to Mende - July 21, 2018 - The peloton, with Team Sky rider Geraint Thomas of Britain in the overall leader's yellow jersey, in action. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Not everyone has been celebrating Team Sky's impending takeover by Britain's richest man but it must not be regarded as a negative, according to one person tasked with trying to beat them on the road.

When British broadcaster Sky announced last December it was pulling the plug on the outfit set up by Dave Brailsford in 2010, it seemed like good news for teams with lesser budgets.

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