Oleg Tinkov announces the Tinkoff Tour de France team in a very Oleg Tinkov way (video)

Oleg Tinkov conducts a 15 minute live Facebook video to announce the Tinkoff team for the Tour de France, and a lot more...

You didn't think Oleg Tinkov would go into his final Tour de France as a team owner quietly, did you? Rather than have his media people send out a press release with a list of names of who will ride the Tour for Tinkoff, the Russian conducted a Facebook live video to announce it.

And even then, the maverick bank owner didn't just settle for a quick run down of the names, instead treating us to a tour of his bank's head office in Moscow, getting involved in a bit of Brexit banter and a bit of Team Sky bashing.

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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.