Successful Sky put down cykelsatsning

After more than a decade in the sport, I can't be more proud of what we accomplished, " says Sky boss Jeremy Darroch to their own tv channel.

– However, after 2019, it is the right location for us to go ahead and turn the attention on other things.

2010, with the stated objective that a british cyclist would win the Tour de France within five years. The initiative bore fruit immediately when Bradley Wiggins won the 2012 competition. Since then, the Team Sky by Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas won the Tour de France all year, except in 2014, and Spain around 2017 and the Giro d'italia in 2018.

"We are proud of the role we played in the Uk's transformation to a cykelnation during the last decade," says cykellagets director Dave Brailsford to Sky Sports.

sparked controversy, not least through its big budget and occasionally cocky attitude. Several of the team's riders have been accused of doping, and averages of Chris Froome threatened to not get the start in this year's Tour de France after 2018 have been investigated for doping.

Also the sponsor 21st Century Fox will stop sponsoring Team Sky for next season. If a new sponsor, who is willing to put out enough money, pop up will cykellaget continue to compete under a different name.

Cykelboomen in the Uk led to a shift in power in the sport