Wiggins not riding TdF.

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Re: Wiggins not riding TdF.

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With Wiggo's current performance in the Tour of Switzerland I can't see him being picked at all now.
He's at the back of the bunch most times and seems to be coasting. :?
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cycleruk wrote:With Wiggo's current performance in the Tour of Switzerland I can't see him being picked at all now.
He's at the back of the bunch most times and seems to be coasting. :?


He'll be looking for another team at the rate he's going at the moment :?
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http://roadcyclinguk.com/racing/team-sk ... squad.html

He will continue to be a great champion. We’d like to think there is a future for Bradley.

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There's only three Brit's taking part this year, surprising.
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And a very sad omission of David Millar
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Thomas, froome, Cav?
And its just been announced Simon Yates has been called up
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Shame no Dowsett too. It seems to have happened quickly that there are now a number of British riders one might expect to see in the tour; in fact a team of 'the omitted' starts to look pretty strong. Mrs Nic reckons Wiggins should now have his own team anyway; when questioned about the funding she weighs in that everyone on the internet could put a fiver in! Sort of crowd funding ? You heard it here first.........
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I had much the same thought, seems Dowsett and Millar just got ill at the wrong time, fairly surprised Peter Kennaugh isn't there, not been following his season though, other than he won the British Championship last Sunday. Think there needs to be another British team, maybe one not going all out for the GC.
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Hey we've got two team members who have won the last two tours and are possibly capable of winning again. Let's work really hard to make sure we can get them both of them in the team, and to work together, that'd be a good idea wouldn't it? You know, just in case.....
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Especially being a British Team, getting British Sponsors with British fans, best to have as many British riders as possible to increase interest, especially with Cavendish out, a lot of the stages will have no interest to new fans as there'll be no British rider going for the sprint stages.
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