BRAILSFORD TELLS FLEET STREET OF PRO TEAM PLAN

David Brailsford track

British Cycling performance director Dave Brailsford expanded on plans for a national road team at a Sports Journalists Association lunch in London today.

Brailsford?s vision to have a British team capable of competing in the Tour de France in 2010 still has a way to go, but the success of the track squad has opened doors to potential sponsors and produced positive reactions to the plan ? even from the assembled hacks of Fleet Street.

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