By Matt Lawton for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:31 BST, 1 May 2019 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 1 May 2019
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If the anti-fracking protesters had managed to find the Yorkshire pub that hosted the launch of Team Ineos on Wednesday, they would have been met by a police officer, burly security guards and two knights arriving in a gas-guzzling helicopter.
But there were no placard-wielding environmentalists to be seen in Linton in Craven, and in a room occupied mostly by sports journalists not much opposition to Sir Jim Ratcliffe when he discussed the finer points of gas extraction and the recycling of plastics.
Ratcliffe, as one might expect of Britain's richest man, is fairly impressive. The towering 66-year-old certainly seems to know his chemicals, which a cynic might suggest is useful in professional cycling.
Sir Dave Brailsford defended the new owners of his team as Team Sky became Team Ineos
Team Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe (L) with Chris Froome (c) and Brailsford during the launch
'The majority of the fracking groups that I've met and heard about are ignorant about fracking,' said Ratcliffe.
'I think it's outrageous that the government listen to a noisy, miniscule minority instead of looking at the science.'
He said his company are leading the way in the
