After winning seven of eight titles from 2012-2019, Ineos-Grenadiers have been kicked out of contention since Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard seized power in brutal fashion and there is little chance that the British outfit will regain their crown in the near future.
Pogacar won the 2020 and 2021 Tours before being toppled by Vingegaard this year, and in these three editions, Ineos-Grenadiers only managed two third-place finishes through Richard Carapaz last year and Geraint Thomas on Sunday while never being in the mix for the overall victory.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comThe Dane won his maiden Tour at his second attempt while his rival, 23, won the first two he took part in.
In the 22-year-old Tom Pidcock, winner at top of L'Alpe d'Huez on his Tour de France debut, Ineos-Grenadiers have a potential Tour winner, but he still has a long road ahead of him to be near Vingegaard and Pogacar's level. "It is definitely going to motivate us and I'll do everything I can if I do one or two more years, we can definitely but there's a lot to catch up for sure."Ineos-Grenadiers, formerly known as Team Sky, may also need to adapt to a new, more aggressive way of racing after controlling their rivals with a fast pace from the bottom of the final climbs proved enough for them to win the Tour from 2012-2019, with only Vincenzo Nibali taking one title in 2014.
On a personal level, Thomas was happy to finish third overall four years after winning the title, having started the race with a big question mark on his capacities to follow the best."The end of last year was really hard mentally for a number of reasons. Once I started again it was a steady build-up but I was comfortable I would be in the mix.
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