Members of Team Sky have publicly backed boss Dave Brailsford with a coordinated show of support on Twitter.
The Daily Mail have reported that riders were asked to publicly back Brailsford, as questions continue to pile on the 53-year-old over his handling of recent scandals that have hit the British team.
A source told the newspaper that Team Sky riders had told to 'tweet or else', before adding that management had 'lost the plot'.
Reports on Monday evening form Cyclingnews, claimed that riders were preparing to ask Brailsford to step down from his role as General Manager, in a bid to try and return credibility to the under-pressure team.
"No one in the team, currently, is involved in this controversy other than Dave", an unnamed cyclist revealed. "What's it going to take for the team to get on with racing?"
One rider that was conspicuous in his absence from tweeting his support to Brailsford was Chris Froome. The three-time Tour de France winner, failed to back Brailsford on Monday evening.
It shouldn't even need saying, but we all back Dave B 100%!!! I've known him a long time and I wouldn't want anyone else leading @teamsky
— Geraint Thomas (@GeraintThomas86) March 6, 2017
100% we re all behind Dave B. He's the leader of our super @TeamSky https://t.co/4rlmfpp04a
— ELIA VIVIANI (@eliaviviani) March 6, 2017
110% behind Dave https://t.co/tci3OhPOgq
— Owain Doull (@owaindoull) March 6, 2017
I think all the riders on team sky would join me in saying they are completely behind Dave Brailsford
— Peter kennaugh (@Petekennaugh) March 6, 2017
Couldn't of said it better myself. I'm 100% behind Dave! https://t.co/hCwMSru3R2
— Luke Rowe (@LukeRowe1990) March 6, 2017
100% behind Dave! https://t.co/AW9Boa0KmU
— MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski (@michalkwiatek) March 6, 2017
It's been a great start to the year & I couldn't be prouder to race in @TeamSky colours under our incredible boss. https://t.co/Kps3tsBiqm
— Tao Geoghegan Hart (@taogeoghegan) March 6, 2017
We all back the boss without a doubt 👊🻠https://t.co/sHZtwXqLgd
— Jon Dibben (@JonDibben1) March 6, 2017
100% Dave B !!! 👊ðŸ»ðŸ‘ŠðŸ»ðŸ‘ŠðŸ»ðŸ‘ŠðŸ» https://t.co/t6aYqSl5o6
— Danny Van Poppel (@Dannyvanpoppel) March 6, 2017
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