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Sky TDF Team – looks poor!

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  • July 3, 2013 at 4:58 pm #19278
    millskid

    After watching stage 2, I noticed that all but 3 of the sky riders got dropped on the cat 2 climb 12 k from the finish. In fact, only Froome and Porte, made it over the top with the bunch, EBH managed to get back on the way down. Surely this does not look good for the high muntain passes and summit finishes. If Froome is going to win it, he wont have much help.

    It looks like SKY used the main guys helping wiggins, and froome will pay the price in my opinion. Well he will have to win it the hard way.

    this would have been my team, would have had wiggo but he is injured.

    Chris Froome
    David López
    Sergio Henao
    Rigoberto Urán
    Richie Porte
    Vasil Kiryienka
    Bernhard Eisel
    Edvald Boasson Hagen
    Dario Cataldo

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  • July 3, 2013 at 5:28 pm #745847
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    Simon_MacMichael

    “this would have been my
    “this would have been my team, would have had wiggo but he is injured”

    Interesting though that Sky confirmed he wouldn’t be selected nearly 4 weeks before the race, while Garmin left it till a couple of days before to see if Hesjedal was fit.

    Of course, Sky thereby missed out on what would have been 4 weeks (plus another 3 in France) of the Wiggo vs Froome soap opera…

    😕

    July 3, 2013 at 5:20 pm #745845
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    scaramanga

    To the OP. I think that you
    To the OP. I think that you are also neglecting the fact that because Froome is a climber the team don’t need to ride the same way that they had to last year with Wiggo. Who is not a climber.

    July 3, 2013 at 5:17 pm #745843
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    arrieredupeleton

    If Sky knew Froome was
    If Sky knew Froome was feeling good and had Porte for company just in case, then why should they expend energy with 17 more stages to ride? I didn’t see Saxo or BMC lining up on the front in numbers either. It struck me as more of a ‘classics’ stage where numerical advantage is less important on short climbs like that one. Starting position is far more important and Froome rode well.

    There’s possibly a bit of bluffing going on with Sky too, they don’t have to defend the yellow jersey for 2.5 weeks this time.

    July 3, 2013 at 5:15 pm #745841
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    chrisdstripes

    They do need a bit of balance
    They do need a bit of balance – your team puts all their top guys in, so who’s fresh to lead them in the Vuelta? I think Froome will be happy with guys like Kiryienka and Siutsou, who certainly won’t be getting dropped on cat 2s this time next week.
    Take your point though, they weren’t looking great on Sunday – but we don’t know how many of them were carrying knocks from Saturday’s crash, and they all looked pretty strong yesterday.
    If only Porte and Froome from Sky get over the HC climb on Saturday in the lead group, then I’ll start to worry a bit – the Spaniards will be looking to gang up on Sky for sure!

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