Bradley Wiggins to stay at Team Sky, may attempt Hour Record next year

rliu wrote:

@ronin - The expression is 'finding a horse while riding a donkey', meaning trading up. Chinese cows are as inappropriate animals for transport as British ones.

Huh??? What are you talking about? Can you read:
騎牛找馬

Isn't it now you say: old man, how is it you see these things.
And I say: grasshopper, how is it you do not.

Pauldmorgan wrote:

I think also if he has ambitions to ride the track at Rio 2016 he'll need to be with a team that supports that. Cav's experience at OPQS shows that it may be hard to find that outside of Sky, especially as they may feel that they owe him after this year's debacle.

What debacle would that be?

nicholassmith wrote:

I imagine that the benefits outweigh the negatives for him now.

In pro cycling, Wiggins is no longer a young man, he has a family and he already has money — his statements make perfect sense for a man in his position. With Sky he's on a top team with people and practices he knows well, and can pursue new goals — why would he move to another team?

DavidC wrote:

nicholassmith wrote:

I imagine that the benefits outweigh the negatives for him now.

In pro cycling, Wiggins is no longer a young man, he has a family and he already has money — his statements make perfect sense for a man in his position. With Sky he's on a top team with people and practices he knows well, and can pursue new goals — why would he move to another team?

I think this sums it up... Whilst Wiggins fans feel he has been short changed by Sky, we don't know what is said behind closed doors.

At Sky he can choose his goals, is with a structure that he knows and likes and no doubt will pay him handsomely.

Moving teams may open GC doors in the tour de france, but thats about it.. and at his age, can he really be arsed to put it all on the line again?

farrell wrote:

This just seems ridiculous, it makes no sense to me.

I like the idea of more riders going for the hour record though.

There is a saying in chinese - Riding a cow to find a horse. Maybe he's just waiting till a better offer comes along. It's always better to be in work while you're looking for a job right

ronin wrote:

farrell wrote:

This just seems ridiculous, it makes no sense to me.

I like the idea of more riders going for the hour record though.

There is a saying in chinese - Riding a cow to find a horse. Maybe he's just waiting till a better offer comes along. It's always better to be in work while you're looking for a job right

You are quite possibly right, but it seems a little odd to sign a new years contract if you were planning on leaving. He can hardly flick the Vs at Sky and saunter off to a new team if Brailsford has a contract that the ink is still wet on, can he?

I guess he could be bought out, but realistically how many teams would be in the market for buying out a Sky contract?

farrell wrote:

ronin wrote:

farrell wrote:

This just seems ridiculous, it makes no sense to me.

I like the idea of more riders going for the hour record though.

There is a saying in chinese - Riding a cow to find a horse. Maybe he's just waiting till a better offer comes along. It's always better to be in work while you're looking for a job right

You are quite possibly right, but it seems a little odd to sign a new years contract if you were planning on leaving. He can hardly flick the Vs at Sky and saunter off to a new team if Brailsford has a contract that the ink is still wet on, can he?

I guess he could be bought out, but realistically how many teams would be in the market for buying out a Sky contract?

Have you considered that Froome might be on his way?

GC protected riders - Porte and Kennaugh
Classics protected riders - Boom (rumoured to be on his way) and Wiggins