Orica-GreenEDGE accept Tour de France team time trial hopes are dashed

By Rupert Guinness
Updated July 24 2015 - 10:23am, first published July 12 2015 - 4:59am
Tucking in: Orica GreenEDGE in the 2013 team time trial.  Photo: Getty
Tucking in: Orica GreenEDGE in the 2013 team time trial. Photo: Getty
Battling injury: Team Orica-GreenEDGE's concedes its chances of winning stage nine of the Tour de France are slim.
Battling injury: Team Orica-GreenEDGE's concedes its chances of winning stage nine of the Tour de France are slim.
Britain's Christopher Froome, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, rides in the pack during the eighth stage of the Tour de France. Photo: Christophe Ena
Britain's Christopher Froome, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, rides in the pack during the eighth stage of the Tour de France. Photo: Christophe Ena
Chris Froome of Great Britain and Team Sky celebrates as he retains the yellow jersey following stage eight of the 2015 Tour de France. Photo: Doug Pensinger
Chris Froome of Great Britain and Team Sky celebrates as he retains the yellow jersey following stage eight of the 2015 Tour de France. Photo: Doug Pensinger

MUR DE BRETAGNE: The Australian Orica-GreenEDGE team concede that they have gone from being a line-up that started the Tour de France embracing their billing as one of the major favourites for Sunday's stage nine team time trial, to one that is now highly likely to be out of contention.

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