‘We’ll take what we get now’ - Ineos Grenadiers in Tour de France podium fight

BORDEAUX FRANCE JULY 07 LR Michal Kwiatkowski of Poland Egan Bernal of Colombia and Tom Pidcock of United Kingdom and Team INEOS Grenadiers compete during the stage seven of the 110th Tour de France 2023 a 1699km stage from Mont de Marsan to Bordeaux UCIWT on July 07 2023 in Bordeaux France Photo by David RamosGetty Images
Ineos Grenadiers in the 2023 Tour de France (Image credit: David Ramos/Getty Images)

Ineos Grenadiers team manager Rod Ellingworth had hoped that one of his young riders could finish in the top five at the 2023 Tour de France. Tom Pidcock endured a difficult weekend in the Alps and dropped to 12th but Carlos Rodriguez won in Morzine and is up to third overall and aiming high for the final week and the road to Paris.  

Pidcock has predicted an aggressive last week of the Tour, with the battle for general classification tantalisingly close between Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates). But he, Rodriguez and Ineos Grenadiers want to be in the fight alongside.