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Brailsford must now make decisions regarding his road captain Mike Rogers – who denies any wrongdoing but was named in the Usada report as being linked to Armstrong's trainer Michele Ferrari – and lead directeur sportif Sean Yates who worked at Armstrong's Discovery Channel team but again denies any involvement with doping programmes. There is no suggestion in the Usada report that either has been involved in doping while Yates insisted on Wednesday night: "I worked with Lance but never had any inclination this type of practice was going on," he said.

The likelihood is that some members of the team will leave, but Brailsford said he had no idea how many.

What is certain is that there will be no amnesty. Brailsford said he felt that doping should have consequences. "I don't believe in a general pardon. I'm not sure [riders] can turn round and just say 'OK, I did that.' The challenge is trying to achieve a balance between supporting someone, not throwing them out of the door and never seeing them again, saying we will support you, this is an opportunity, but if you lie again, there will be no support at all."

He added "I'm not saying people can't be rehabilitated, but [zero tolerance] was our stance when we started and I want to see it through." However, Sky's aim, stated Brailsford, is to end up with a team which cannot be questioned.

Does he think we're stupid? Surely the way to run a team post-lance is to acknowledge there will be questioning of rider's past and future preparation and just deal with it?