No love was lost between Oleg Tinkov (right) and Bjarne Riis during their row at Tirreno-Adriatico (Watson)
Tinkoff-Saxo owner Oleg Tinkov has piled the pressure on team manager Bjarne Riis following the team’s somewhat lacklustre start to the season.
According to French newspaper L’Équipe, Tinkov and Riis had a public row during Tirreno-Adriatico, where the squad picked up just their second win of the season through Peter Sagan.
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