Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome will join fast-growing cycling team Israel Start-Up Nation for the start of next season after losing his status as the leader of Team Ineos.
Froome's contract with Ineos expires in December and the team has decided not to renew it, ending their decade-long association.
"Given his achievements in the sport," Ineos general manager Dave Brailsford said Thursday, "Chris is understandably keen to have sole team leadership in the next chapter of his career, which is not something we are able to guarantee him at this point."