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Team Sky in the news

By Nick Howes   Last updated: 19th January 2010

Team Sky got off to the perfect start on Sunday by claiming a one-two victory in their first-ever race at the Tour Down Under's Cancer Council Helpline Classic.

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The rise of Dave Brailsford's BSkyB-backed squad has drawn massive interest in recent months, and here we take a look at how that victory was received around the world.

- Chris Sutton and Greg Henderson were emblazoned right across the back page of the Adelaide Advertiser, who hailed a "brilliant sprint in tough, windy conditions".

Cycling Weekly were full of praise for the way Team Sky had worked together to win a tactical battle with the traditional masters of the lead-out train, HTC-Columbia:

"Greg Henderson was the benefactor of perfectly-executed tactics as the Kiwi came over the line to show the world of cycling that Team Sky needs no time to settle in and find their feet."

France's L'Equipe described how some excellent team-work had "delivered the victory on a platter".

Spanish sports paper Marca commented how Team Sky had won the race at a canter, and felt CJ could even have wrapped up the victory himself. They also predicted this could have been the team's "first victory of many".

Italian title La Gazzetta dello Sport was also keen to highlight how Davide Viganò had played his part in the victory in front of 108,000 fans.

Many feature articles have also emerged over the past seven days. The Times have followed the team's emergence closely and have compiled a list of factors they believe could help Team Sky in their quest to become the best sports team in the world.

BBC Sport enlisted the help of Brailsford, Bradley Wiggins and Shane Sutton to provide their readers with a crash course on how the team was assembled, as well as their hopes for the future.

Finally, The Australian interviewed Brailsford and found out the team principal likens his job to being a conductor of a symphony orchestra.