When Dave Brailsford was 20, he left his family home in Snowdonia and headed off to France with his bike, £600, and a train ticket to Grenoble, hoping to become a pro bike rider. Thirty-five years later, he watched a Welshman win the Tour de France, and, uncharacteristically lost in emotion, wiped the tears from his eyes.
Brailsford’s bulging trophy cabinet now includes another Tour de France victory, the sixth since 2012. They have been achieved with three different riders, and it seems there is nothing — media feuds, contract wrangles, internal rivalries, or anti-doping investigations — that can stop him.
Written by Jeremy Whittle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/29/dave-brailsford-team-sky-geraint-thomas-tour-de-france-2018-obsessive under the title “Dave Brailsford emotional but immovable as Tour triumph continues legacy | Jeremy Whittle”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
