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Team Sky TdF team – your views

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  • June 15, 2015 at 11:20 am #24253
    Stumps

    Just as a bit of a laugh i thought i would try and predict the team for this years TdF. Going from the Dauphine team and Suisse teams and a couple of others i’ve gone for:

    Froome
    Porte (if fit)
    Thomas
    Poels
    Roche
    Kennaugh
    Sergio Henao
    Kiriyenka
    Boswell

    As i said its just for a laugh to see what people think.

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  • June 16, 2015 at 4:04 pm #850563
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    madindehead

    For Classics week (what I’m
    For Classics week (what I’m calling week 1 of the Tour) you have to feel that Stannard would be a good pick. Poels did so much work for Froome in the Dauphine, he will be there for certain. Kennaugh and Thomas for sure.

    As for Kiryi, I hope he is there. But he rode the Giro, so I guess it all depends on how well he has recovered. As for the rest…pretty close.

    For me…

    Froome (Of course)
    Porte (Probably)
    Poels
    Stannard
    Kennaugh
    Thomas
    Kiryi (Perhaps)

    Can’t call the last 2.

    June 16, 2015 at 12:30 pm #850561
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    dastott

    Froome
    Poels
    Stannard
    Roche
    T
    Froome
    Poels
    Stannard
    Roche
    Thomas
    Kiriyenka
    Sergio Henao
    Kennaugh
    Porte/Konig

    Would not want many guys who have done the Giro, and Stannard has a much bigger chance than Pate, Knees or Eisel for the rouleur role.

    June 15, 2015 at 5:59 pm #850559
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    livestrongnick

    Froome
    Porte (if
    Froome
    Porte (if fit)
    Konig/Poels
    Kiryenka
    Nieve
    Knees
    Thomas
    Siutsou
    Pate

    June 15, 2015 at 2:50 pm #850557
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    stevemarks

    I think the poor TTT
    I think the poor TTT performance in Dauphine will mean that Froome/Porte/Kiryyenka/Konig are nailed on and Thomas/kennaugh/Siutsuo have to pretty close. Eisel has to have a good chance as road captain and Nieve would be a strong pick. Boswell/Lopez/Rowe/Pate/poels and Knees are all good candidates.

    I would not want the job of picking that’s for sure but I would go

    Froome
    Porte
    Konig
    Kiryenka
    Nieve
    Rowe
    Thomas
    Siutsou
    and the last place I would give to Kennaugh. But that is my heart talking and I think it will probably go to Knees or Pate.

    June 15, 2015 at 1:56 pm #850555
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    Joelsim

    The thing you have to
    The thing you have to remember here is that the Tour is 90% of the season for Sky, everything else is a bonus. So DB will pick his strongest team without sentiment

    June 15, 2015 at 12:39 pm #850553
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    arrieredupeleton

    I think Konig will be spared
    I think Konig will be spared for the Vuelta. Deignan has a chance over Boswell maybe. I would like to see Stannard in there too. He rode 100km on the front for Froome yesterday.

    June 15, 2015 at 11:57 am #850551
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    Poptart242

    backflipbedlem wrote:enrique

    backflipbedlem wrote:
    enrique wrote:
    Como decimos en la isla , estan ‘montaos’… ‘As we say on the island, they’re stacked!’…

    What island are you on? :?

    Always thought he was on the moon tbh.

    June 15, 2015 at 11:56 am #850549
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    Poptart242

    You’d imagine Konig would be
    You’d imagine Konig would be there for super-domestique purposes also, was he not signed to be a mountain lieutenant as well as Poels?

    Agreed on Roche, I know he’s experienced and all but there’s plenty of tour-winning experience in that team as it is.

    June 15, 2015 at 11:55 am #850547
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    backflipbedlem

    enrique wrote: Como decimos

    enrique wrote:
    Como decimos en la isla , estan ‘montaos’… ‘As we say on the island, they’re stacked!’…

    What island are you on? 😕

    June 15, 2015 at 11:49 am #850545
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    stenmeister

    I think Stannard will be in
    I think Stannard will be in there after missing out last year.

    June 15, 2015 at 11:48 am #850543
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    enrique

    Wow, except for Boswell, I
    Wow, except for Boswell, I can imagine any (!) team would love to have any of those riders on their team as a captain or a lieutenant! 🙂 Como decimos en la isla , estan ‘montaos’… ‘As we say on the island, they’re stacked!’…

    June 15, 2015 at 11:38 am #850539
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    backflipbedlem

    Looks good to me!
    Looks good to me!

    June 15, 2015 at 11:38 am #850541
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    Joelsim

    I think Roche has ridden
    I think Roche has ridden himself out of contention. He struggled in the TTT and didn’t add anything in the mountains.

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