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Bradley Wiggins’ Giro d’Italia withdrawal raises Team Sky Tour de France questions

Last Post 05/17/2013 09:22 PM by Keith Jackson. 7 Replies.

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05/17/2013 10:04 AM
The spectre of a internal battle between Wiggins and Froome has hung over Team Sky ever since Froome’s emergence as a genuine Grand Tour contender at the 2011 Vuelta a España, and is surely now doing so even more. Had Wiggins won the Giro d’Italia then he would surely have wanted to go for what would likely be a once in a career opportunity to take a rare double. Now that he has been forced to withdraw he will surely be even more focused on his Tour defence to make up for his disappointment in Italy and to prove that his 2012 success was not a lucky one. Let the games begin! Read more: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/14594/Bradley-Wiggins-Giro-dItalia-withdrawal-raises-Team-Sky-Tour-de-France-questions.aspx#ixzz2TYgqtzt5

----- It is his word versus ours. We like our word. We like where we stand and we like our credibility."--Lance Armstrong.

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05/17/2013 10:51 AM
Youwish it will be shades of '86..! Reality is that with 6 weeks to go - lots of opportunities for sickness and injury, no to mention crashes in the first week of the Tour itself. Too, maybe Wiggo will concede that he is just not "on" this year.

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05/17/2013 11:30 AM
Crazy to think that Uran would be in 2nd right now if he hadn't had to support sir Wiggens.

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05/17/2013 12:04 PM
Posted By Jeff Eckert on 05/17/2013 10:51 AM Youwish it will be shades of '86..! Reality is that with 6 weeks to go - lots of opportunities for sickness and injury, no to mention crashes in the first week of the Tour itself. Too, maybe Wiggo will concede that he is just not "on" this year. i'm not wishing for anything, simply noting that the knowns are that sky has 2 TdF GC contenders on the team, and that can put the whole team in a spot of bother. the reality is wiggins has plenty of time to recover from his chest infection and show up as motivated as froome to be the team leader.

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05/17/2013 03:18 PM
Tenerife will be crowded for the next 6 weeks

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05/17/2013 06:22 PM
Wiggins is done. Decided not to dope this year and will pull the plug and retire at the end of the season

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05/17/2013 09:22 PM
Posted By j t on 05/17/2013 03:18 PM Tenerife will be crowded for the next 6 weeks I was thinking the same thing this monring!!!!

----- It is his word versus ours. We like our word. We like where we stand and we like our credibility."--Lance Armstrong.