Pro-cycling thread

So this press launch ... choice quotes

“I wouldn’t want to get involved in fracking if it was dangerous,” Ratcliffe said. “All you do is pump water down. I think it’s a real shame that the north of England is being deprived of cheaper energy, and it’s outrageous that the government listens to a small noisy minority instead of looking at the science.”

“Sky promoted awareness on plastics,” he said. “We’re not giving up our single-use plastic ambition at all. Whereas Sky raised the awareness, Jim and the team are the guys that can do something about it. If anything, it’s a step in the right direction.”

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None of this disquiet, however, appears to have impacted on either Ratcliffe or Brailsford. Plastics, Ratcliffe argued, “are essential to modern life. We don’t chuck it in the sea. We do what we can but we can’t solve the problem.”

Unbelievably stupid spin, Brailsford's in particular.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/01/dave-brailsford-defends-team-ineos-backers-protests-due-tour-de-yorkshire-cycling