Cycling: Froome to leave Ineos at end of the season

It was announced on Thursday that seven-time Grand Tour winner Chris Froome will leave Team Ineos at the end of the season to bring to an end a decade-long association with Sir Dave Brailsford's team. The four-time Tour de France winner has been strongly linked with a move to the Israel Start-Up Nation team after seeing his leadership role within Ineos challenged by the emergence of both Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal, who have won the past two editions of the Tour. Froome, winner of the Tour in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017, suffered career-threatening injuries in a high-speed crash during a recon ride at the Criterium du Dauphine last summer, ruling him out of that year's Tour.