SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain : Ineos-Grenadiers have just a slim chance of placing a rider on the Tour de France podium, but the British team are counting on underdogs Egan Bernal and Tom Pidcock to spring a surprise on a race they dominated for almost a decade.Only in two occasions, in 2020 and 2014, have they f
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain : Ineos-Grenadiers have just a slim chance of placing a rider on the Tour de France podium, but the British team are counting on underdogs Egan Bernal and Tom Pidcock to spring a surprise on a race they dominated for almost a decade.
Thomas and Richard Carapaz finished third in 2022 and 2021 respectively but this year, the odds are long. "I don't see why we couldn't. But we're looking at this race on two fronts. We want to take opportunities to try and win stages but also there's two GC opportunities. One is Egan himself, we can't forget that his return to this race is phenomenal.
"He's got his feet firmly on the floor now but I tell you he wants to win this race again and we want to go on that journey with him. That's really exciting for us," Ellingworth explained.
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