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The large number of anti-fracking protestors expected to demonstrate against 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Team Ineos and their owner Jim Ratcliffe failed to appear on stage 1 of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de Yorkshire, with team principal Dave Brailsford highlighting that there were more fans outside the team bu🌠s than those wearing Ratcliffe 'devil masks' or protesting agai𝔍nst Ineos' involvement in cycling.

There were pockets of protestors both outside the Team Ineos bus and at the start𒊎 line in Doncaster but at the finish in Selby a relaxed Brailsford appeared outside the Ineos bus to sign autographs and point out to the media that the passive and supportive crowds easily outnumbered the environmentalists who had t♓urned up earlier in the day.

"I had to hunt them down first because I couldn't find them," Brailsford told Cyclingnews and a small group of journalists.

"There was hardly any🃏body there, let's be honest – let's be real for once. The 15,000-mob that was to attack me this morning didn't really materialise. That's the reality. There were people there with the right to an opinion and I respect that but they've got a right to their opinion and that's it."

In the buildup to the race, Team Ineos faced criticism from environmental and local groups over the petrochemical company's plastic and fracking businesses. On Wednesday the team bused the media to a secret location in the York⛦shire countryside in a bid to stop protestors appearing at the team launch.

When asked whether he and the team had any concerns over unveiling Ineos as the lead sponsor at the Tour de Yorkshire, Brailsford pushed back, despite Wednesday's level of secreౠcy.

"If we'd had any concerns about launching in Yorkshire🅘 we wouldn't have done it," he said🅺.

"We were ไright not to have any concerns because there people are here and they're enjoying it. Let's report that," Brailsford said.

"You might have people with flags but what about these people here? Does ꧟their opinion matter any less? No it doesn't."

"If you have a balance I can see here now way more people than had flags. That'🔥s just true. That's facts and evidence. If you count the number of people here and the people with flags 🐽this morning… How many were there? Twenty? And how many here? There are more aren't there?"

The Team Ineos riders came through the stage without incident. Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome finished safely in the bunch while Dutchman Jesper Asselman collected the stage and the fir💯st leader's 𓂃jersey of this year's race.

Froome stepped off the bus too, signing autographs and giving a quick quote to the pres🉐s.

"The weather was a bit grim but the people were pretty friendly and 🐠it's good to be here. Good racing, solid racing, up and down all day."