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Sky have a history of appalling PR, one blunder after another which have undoubtedly contributed to the toxic atmosphere in France. He is right of course: you don't get this in the Giro or Vuelta, and the spitting and physical violence does reflect badly on the French. And while the riders and staff don't deserve it, the buck stops with Brailsford. Considering the recent disasters he is lucky to have a job, and he would do Sky a massive favour by stepping back from giving interviews. He doesn't have to be there, I am sure he could send in a DS.
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He is right of course: you don't get this in the Giro or Vuelta, and the spitting and physical violence does reflect badly on the French. And while the riders and staff don't deserve it, the buck stops with Brailsford.
Eh? Surely the buck stops with the people doing the spitting and physical violence. And if any third party has led them to do it, I'd say Bernard Hinault, the ASO and the French press have far more to do with it than Brailsford.
Brommers
I understand you may be referring to an article in Cycling News? I believe these quotes came from a rest day press-conference, so it was his job to be there, correct? It's not like he called the press-conference just to announce this.
I also understand people may view Sky and/or Brailsford as hypocritical, however, after reading the actual comments quoted, I feel emphaty. I once worked as a manager of a team of young-ish people, and when one yound lady was sort-of bullied by an older colleagues, I was really vocal about the case. Imagine yourself in the shoes of a manager of 30+ people in another country in a very hostile environment, where most of the people can face any number of abusive locals who may try to hit them or spit at them, while you, as a manager, are not really able to protect them in any kind of way?..