Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas have both been sensationally dropped from the Team Ineos Tour de France line-up.
Indeed, there will only be one British rider in the team's line-up for the Tour; Luke Rowe.
In a clear sign of the kind of panic not witnessed at Team Ineos-Team Sky since its maiden season, the plan to send Richard Carapaz to defend his Giro title has also been ditched.
Instead, Team Ineos - which will now become Ineos Grenadiers - has tried to spin the significant changes to its plans as a well thought out strategy for the remainder of the season, though it seems more like a team in crisis.
As it stands, Egan Bernal and Richard Carapaz are both selected for the Tour de France to lead the team while Geraint Thomas leads the squad at the Giro and Chris Froome will target the Vuelta; though the chances of the Vuelta and Giro taking place are much less certain than the Tour.
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The Tour de France team is made up of Bernal and Carapaz along with Andrey Amador, Jonathan Castroviejo, Michal Kwiatkowski, Luke Rowe, Pavel Sivakov and Dylan van Baarle.
There was no mention today of Ireland's Eddie Dunbar in the team's Tour plans. However, he was always due to ride the Giro d'Italia and his planned participation in that race appears unaffected by today's news.
While Froome being dropped by the team for the Tour is not surprising and had been widely debated in advance as he is still recovering from his crash of just over one year ago, Thomas being dropped is a bolt from the blue.
His form has been very poor of late but last year his preparation was second rate, with no results and a number of crashes interrupting his racing as he worked towards the Tour.
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However, he still rode himself strongly into the race, finishing 2nd overall to Bernal. He may have won the event but for the final mountain stages being cut short due to storms and landslides.
Thomas being dropped is a clear sign the team no longer has the same confidence in him, which it may regret as the race progresses. It also hastens the team's move away from being a British squad.
However, if Bernal can defend his title, or of Carapaz were to win, the team selection surgery announced today will be seen as a master stroke by Dave Brailsford.
"I'm really happy to be in the Tour team; I'm just going to go there and try to do my best for them and the whole team," Bernal said of the new team for the Tour de France.
"It's a bit strange not to have G and Froomey in the Tour but I'm excited to see what G can do in the Giro," he said.
"I think it's a good Giro for him with the three time trials. I think he gain time there and try to defend in the big mountains.
"In the Vuelta, who knows, maybe I can go there to try and help Froomey. Now I need to be focused on the Tour but after the Tour I have on plans yet, so it could be a good option."
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