Ineos Grenadiers could have 'worst Tour de France with no general classification leader' - Adam Blythe

Eurosport expert Adam Blythe is predicting that Ineos Grenadiers could have their «worst Tour de France in terms of general classification hopes.» Ineos, previously Team Sky, once dominated the peloton at the Tour de France, winning the yellow jersey for five straight years from 2015 to 2019. Ad But this summer their team doesn’t appear to have a strong favourite to battle the GC favourites like Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates).

Tour de FranceCavendish exclusive: Giro win impossible without Thomas help20 HOURS AGO Former champion Egan Bernal is still returning to his top level after a serious injury while 23-year-old Tom Pidcock is only competing in his third Grand Tour. “For Ineos this could be a very different scenario for them — stage hunting, not a GC leader, not a chance of the yellow jersey in my eyes," said Blythe.

“They’ve always had a leader, they’ve always had ambitions to get the yellow jersey, but this year I would say the ambition is between top five and top 10, after that I am not too sure. “You have Tom Pidcock, who might try and stay up there on GC just for the learning process to see what it’s like.

But he is a proper bike racer and will want to go stage hunting and getting the glory which I hope he does, I hope he doesn’t get too bogged down with the GC. “Bernal, I don’t think he will do anything in the GC, I don’t think he’s at that level yet.

The other guys in the team…I think top 10 would be great.” It’s not clear yet who will be the GC leader for Ineos. Cavendish: TDF is 'my life' but record 'irrelevant' McEwen's sprinter rankings: Where is Cavendish? They have experience in the team with Jonathan Castroviejo and Michal Kwiatkowski, while Dani Martinez is riding