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00:00 Team Sky, a British outfit that for the best part of a decade made the Tour de France yellow jersey their own.
00:08 One man's mission that sparked a sporting revolution.
00:12 I think he saw that it was now or never in terms of creating a British team.
00:15 They were ambitious.
00:16 We were relentless in our quest to win Grand Tours.
00:20 Wealthy.
00:21 But they couldn't compare with Team Sky's budget.
00:23 And built a squad filled with the sport's biggest stars.
00:28 Mark Cavendish gets four wins in the last four years in Paris.
00:33 It was like the dream team being created and I was just dying to go there.
00:36 They were rewarded with huge success.
00:39 This is what Team Sky do the best.
00:41 But controversy was never part of the way.
00:44 We were going to stop at nothing to get him.
00:46 It's cycling's cutthroat. If you want to be the best, it's not about making friends.
00:50 With regards to use of medication and use of doctors, we opened ourselves up to an immense amount of criticism.
00:56 How did its tactics and training strategies help them dominate the pack?
01:00 Huge numbers still at the front of the race for Sky.
01:03 That was their way of winning. It was kind of brutally effective.
01:06 And how did its influence change the way teams operate today?
01:11 Sometimes we need somebody to rock the boat.
01:15 [Sky on the Moon]
01:18 [Sky on the Moon]
01:21 [Sky on the Moon]
01:23 (dramatic music)
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