INEOS HORRIBILIS
On 20 December last year, Jumbo-Visma announced their eight-man team for the Tour de France, six months before the race was even due to start.
It was not until a week before the rescheduled start, at the end of August, that Ineos Grenadiers named their lineup. Jumbo-Visma’s early announcement spoke of certainty and decisiveness, though in the event two changes were forced on them thanks to injuries.
In contrast, Ineos’s late and surprise team confirmation – with Richard Carapaz parachuted in and Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas left out – spoke of uncertainty, indecision and even panic.
10 Number of grand tour victories for Sky/Ineos: seven Tours, one Giro, two Vueltas
The comparison with Jumbo-Visma may in the end be moot. They did not win the Tour, after all. But they did have the strongest
