The Abuse of Team Sky Will Continue Until Paris, Brailsford Warns | sport

Sir Dave Brailsford expects the vitriol cascade directed against Team Sky to continue until Paris and condemned the organizers of the Tour de France not to do more to stop him.

Chris Froome, Four-time Winner He was handcuffed by a fan, spit by another and made to throw an unidentified substance on him, while Geraint Thomas was booed persistently when 39, he received his yellow jersey. However, Brailsford insisted that such behavior makes Team Sky more determined to succeed

"We know we are going to suffer abuse and we know that little will be done about it", he declared. "But it's part of the win, the more you go, the more you decide to win, we do not react, we'll smile and try to win the race."

The team director Team Sky also revealed for the first time that Emma Kennaugh, the young marketing manager of the team, had also been criticized.

"It is interesting that we had just made the Tour of Italy and Chris's case was open and the Italians were fantastic, and the Spaniards were the same, "he added," It seems like a French cultural thing. "

" I'm not sure that they would have liked their football players to be spit in Russia – I'm sure there would have been a word or two about it. But it's good to spit on us, and on our staff? Emma Kennaugh at 21. She tries to cross France and it's very intimidating to see her spit. "

Many will agree with Brailsford's badessment, but at the same time, his comments can only exacerbate the situation when the race resumes after Monday's rest day. "I do not think it's going to stop," he said. "I'm not too optimistic about this front, we accept it and we have to make a decision about how to behave, we try to stay dignified, we try not to react and we try not to let ourselves But I do not think that spitting and throwing things has a place in professional sports or in everyday life, but it seems to be what is being done here.

"Personally, I'm not sure. I would have a little problem in my country, but we are going. We will continue. "

Brailsford also agreed that the behavior of Gianni Moscon, who was expelled from the Tour on Sunday after raising his arm to Frenchman Elie Gesbert, would only make things worse.

"It certainly will not calm things down," he said, smiling regretfully before appearing to criticize the race organizers and spectators again. "The Tour de France is promoted as the most the world's biggest annual sporting event, and if you want the best international runners to come to your country, maybe treat them with a little more respect. "

Brailsford will decide how to discipline Moscon after the race ends Sunday but has understated the impact it would have on the team over the next week. "We'll make a decision on what to do with him after the race, look at the processes and the from there, "he added." Fortunately, losing him will not affect us as much as he would have done earlier in the race. "The steps that would have really stretched us are probably behind us. so its impact on the team will mean that some runners will do a little more work. The level of impact that he has on the race, I'm not so sure. "