The new CEO of Ineos Grenadiers, John Allert, outlined the team’s goals for 2024, one of them being the quest to regain former supremacy in Grand Tours, thus highlighting the identity associated with Team Sky.
Goal remains the Tour de France
The team’s new CEO explained in a press conference that the team has a lot of work to do to return to the top of cycling’s elite teams. Allert said the Tour de France remains the team’s main objective when asked about the team’s ambitions for the year ahead.
“For me, this is an exciting period,” Allert said at the press conference. “I think it’s fair to say we’re the hunter, not the hunted, and that puts a little different spin on things.”
“We have clearly gone from leading to a new position, we have an exciting group of riders and we have made a good start to the season. I feel a lot of optimism within the team and in the sport.”
Several cyclists left the team
INEOS has allowed several cyclists to leave, including Tao Geoghegan Hart, who has signed with Lidl-Trek. Allert explained that he has a lot of confidence in the riders who remain, including Time Trial sensation Josh Tarling.
“Rider turnover happens every year and some of those have brought great success to the team and we thank them for that and hope they have success wherever they go.”
“I think everyone can see that at the moment there are some excellent GC riders.
New head of performance has support from new CEO
Allert supports the team’s new head of performance, Dr. Drawer, and explained that he feels he will be instrumental in getting the team back to the level of teams like Visma-Lease a Bike and UAE Team Emirates.
“I think it’s no coincidence that the person responsible for our sports performance (Dr. Scott Drawer) is a scientist. He is an innovator, he is a proven disruptor. He embraces technology, data and science.
“Our mission is clearly more than catching up with the teams that have been successful in recent years, it is finding ways to surpass them,” concluded John Allert.
