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Sky Giro 2013 team

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  • April 24, 2013 at 4:56 pm #18579
    Stumps

    Sky have announced their team for this years Giro. What do people think about the team and is it good enough for Wiggo or one of the others to win the title ?

    Team;
    Bradley Wiggins
    Dario Cataldo
    Sergio Henao
    Christian Knees
    Danny Pate
    Salvatore Puccio
    Kanstantsin Siutsou
    Rigoberto Urán
    Xabier Zandio

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  • April 25, 2013 at 5:51 am #729871
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    drheaton

    As top ten contenders I mean
    As top ten contenders I mean that Cataldo, Uran and Henao are all riders who would probably finish in the top 10 if riding for themselves, as proven past year when Uran and Henao finished top ten and Cataldo was just outside.

    April 24, 2013 at 10:40 pm #729869
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    Gkam84

    Henao and Uran top 10
    Henao and Uran top 10 contenders?

    I doubt that, yes they can climb, but not once they have ridden a stage on the front driving Wiggo home. Cataldo can do a Froome and get Sky two podium places.

    As Ray says, so really strong teams this year. A lot of the big guys seem to be looking at Giro over TdF, then maybe using Vuelta as a warm up for the worlds this year.

    April 24, 2013 at 8:18 pm #729867
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    ray silvester

    It seems that hey’ve
    It seems that hey’ve allocated Uran and Henao to Wiggo with Porte and Kiryenka for Froome.

    That’s a very strong team though but don’t discount Astana,Garmin,Saxo,BMC or Movistar being pretty strong too although they’d need to put all their key soldiers in to compete with Sky’s ‘split’ teams and couldn’t afford to leave guys as good as Porte,Kiryenka,Eisel and Froome behind.

    April 24, 2013 at 7:02 pm #729865
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    Anonymous

    With a team like this, do you
    With a team like this, do you still need Wiggo? Just joking!

    April 24, 2013 at 6:15 pm #729863
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    drheaton

    Nah, Porte for the Giro next
    Nah, Porte for the Giro next year, Uran/Henao for the Vuelta this year I reckon. I can’t see Brailsford making the same mistake this year and sending someone who’s riden the TdF hard to the Vuelta.

    Strong squad of climbers, Knees and Pate can ride on the front for miles, Siutsou is a solid climber as is Zandio, and Henao, Uran and Cataldo are all top 10 contenders.

    Tell me, who else will be taking a team this strong to any race this year?

    April 24, 2013 at 6:12 pm #729861
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    Gkam84

    A couple of decent climbers.
    A couple of decent climbers. But no Porte….Makes me think he’ll be Froome’s wing man this year and get a tilt at the Vuelta

    April 24, 2013 at 5:36 pm #729859
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    chrisdstripes

    Super-strong! And totally
    Super-strong! And totally focused on GC. They will be tough to beat…

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