Dave Brailsford: Relationship with Chris Froome 'as good as ever'

The Ineos boss goes all-in with Egan Bernal as Ineos challenge for an eighth yellow jersey in nine years

Chris Froome and Dave Brailsford at La Route d'Occitanie (Guillaume Horcajuelo/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

(Image credit: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Dave Brailsford says his relationship with Chris Froome is "as good as ever" despite the four-time champion being left out of Ineos' Tour de France team before he leaves for Israel Start-Up Nation at the end of the season.

The British WorldTour squad's boss says everything was done to try and get Froome up to speed for the French Grand Tour, where the 35-year-old seeks a record-equalling fifth yellow jersey, but that the delayed three-week stage race still came too early.

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