Rewind six months, and Netcompany Ineos' Tour de France project looked genuinely exciting. They'd signed one of the most exciting young GC riders – a British one, at that – as well as a rising French star, both of whom had finished in the top 10 of the 2025 Tour.
Add those two riders to the team's existing climbers, their wealth of experience in winning Grand Tours, and their top-tier resources and you had a winning formula, right? Well, wrong, because like many best-laid plans, things aren't looking as promising as they were six months ago.
