It was always likely to be the case, but rather than sharing the honour with four-time winner Chris Froome, it is 22-year-old Colombian Egan Bernal who will get equal billing. Thomas appears happy with the situation although admits the team will miss the "aura" of Froome this year. "Egan and I are not rivals," Thomas told reporters at Team Ineos's pre-race news conference. It takes the pressure off if anything, because all I wanted was one race where I had no bad luck. Brailsford used to be a disciple of "one team, one leader" but is confident Thomas and Bernal will complement each other.

Source: The Star July 05, 2019 17:15 UTC