Sky to end Team Sky backing in 2019: success, scandal and the end of a cycling era

Since launching in 2010, the cycling powerhouse has scored 322 all-time wins including six Tour de France victories

Team Sky cyclist Geraint Thomas (yellow jersey) won the 2018 Tour de France
Team Sky cyclist Geraint Thomas (yellow jersey) won the 2018 Tour de France 
(Image credit: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images)

The future of one of cycling’s most successful outfits has been cast in doubt after Sky announced today that its backing of Team Sky will finish in just over a year’s time, on 31 December 2019.

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