Brailsford: Team Sky riders will be `appropriately` looked after if no sponsor is found
(Cyclingnews.com)

Dave Brailsford has assured the entire Team Sky roster and staff that they will be paid as normal throughout the 2019 season and that if a new backer is not found for the 2020 season then they will be `looked after appropriately`. This comes after a report in the Sunday Times suggested that Sky were willing to honour contracts in 2020 if riders were unable to find teams beyond next season. Brailsford`s assurances came in a letter addressed to all Team Sky staff and sent out a day after the news of Sky`s withdrawal from the sport was announced internally. Cyclingnews has obtained a copy of the letter, which was issued in English, Italian and Spanish, from a source close to Team Sky. `You will continue to be paid as normal throughout 2019 and if the Team is unable to continue after that, you will be looked after appropriately,` Brailsford writes.ADVERTISEMENT `The accompanying note from Sky reiterates this message. I know that they will deliver on their promise.` Sky`s letter comes from Jeremey Darroch, the Group Chief Executive at the corporation. `As Dave has already told you, Sky will be ending its involvement with cycling and our association with Team Sky at the end of next year. After a decade of unprecedented success, I couldn`t be prouder of what we`ve achieved together. It`s been an amazing journey, but now is the right time for us to move on as we open a new chapter in Sky`s story and turn our focus to different things,` Darroch says. Sky to end sponsorship after 2019 Brailsford: I`m sure we`ve got a future beyond Sky UCI to closely follow Team Sky sponsorship search New Chinese WorldTour team open to talking to Team Sky Pinarello to support Team Sky beyond 2019 Luke Rowe: Sky have spoilt us over the last 10 years You can read more at Cyclingnews.com