Dave Brailsford resign from his role at Manchester United to fully focus on Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team
CyclingSaturday, 09 May 2026 at 09:00
Dave Brailsford abandons his football adventure with Manchester United to fully focus back on nurturing the project of cycling team Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team. During his spell at Manchester United, the traditional English team suffered the worst season (2024/25) of its history with a mere a 15th place in the Premier League, and with no European competitions in 2025/26.
The Times has reported that Brailsford had resigned from his position at the board of directors of Manchester United on April 30, with official confirmation coming on Thursday in the filings at Companies House for Manchester United Football Club Ltd.
Following his departure from the Manchester United board, he has returned to a more hands-on role with the cycling team back by INEOS (and other sports that part of INEOS' broader portfolio) after previously acting as Team Principal.
Brailsford played a key role before and after Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s purchase of a minority stake in the club and was officially appointed in February 2024, stepping down from his role as team principal at INEOS Grenadiers at the time.
Read also
Following the end of the football season, it was also confirmed in June that Brailsford would return to an active role in the cycling team, and he was involved in the process of appointing Geraint Thomas as INEOS' Director of Racing ahead of the 2026 season.
Back to the top with Netcompany
With the arrival of Danish IT company Netcompany as a title sponsor of the team ahead of the upcoming Giro d’Italia this May, reportedly bringing in €100 million to the team budget over the next five years, Brailsford has outlined his ambition to win an eighth Tour de France.
The team won the Tour seven times from 2012 until 2019 with four different riders; Bradley Wiggins (2012), Chris Froome (2013, 2015-17), Geraint Thomas (2018) and Egan Bernal (2019). However the 2020s have been rough to INEOS with merely one podium finish at Grande Boucle back in 2022 thanks to its current Director of Racing, Geraint Thomas.
Read also
claps 1visitors 1
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- LOLaveragecyclist09-05-2026
- zero percent chance Jonas attacks. this not a day that remotely suits himmij09-05-2026
- odd final paragraph: That cautious approach may not have delivered the Maglia Rosa on Stage 1, but after the scenes in Burgas, Visma will likely view the opening day as mission accomplished. this was never a stage for Jonas, who in their right mind would have thought this stage could deliver the pink jersey. plus why would he want it on stage 1???mij09-05-2026
- i wish jonas would stop blowing kisses to the cameraKetterechts08-05-2026
- From what I saw it had nothing to do with the barriers. Uno X rider overlapped a wheel and couldn’t recover sending himself into the middle of the peloton. Just another chaotic sprint in a grand tour.Pedalmasher08-05-2026
- Sure, those type of barriers can pose a risk, but the riders were nowhere near the barriers when the crash occurred. They were all in the middle of the road, and the crash was caused by all of the typical pushing, shoving, and a resulting touch of wheels that often occurs in sprint finishes like this.
santiagobenites08-05-2026 - Not a stage for the tv spectators.leodis08-05-2026
- What comes around goes around
Rafionain-Glas08-05-2026 - DelusionalRafionain-Glas08-05-2026
- But the problem is that UCI change mind quite quickly, it is from another article: > Van Schip pointed out that he'd recently raced the UCI-classified Ronde van Overijssel with the same handlebar set-up, without any action from the authorities.averagecyclist08-05-2026
Loading
Write a comment