Chris
Froome insists he will lead Team Sky’s Tour de France charge this summer
despite team-mate Bradley Wiggins claiming he wants to defend his title.
Froome,
who was runner-up to Wiggins last year, was told he would be Sky’s main man
this summer, with Wiggins prioritising the Giro d’Italia.
But Wiggins said on
Monday he wants to win both of the Grand Tour events.
Froome replied: “I have
been reassured by the management at Team Sky that I have their full backing.”
This is an interesting development;
ever since Wiggins said after last year’s Tour that he would ride and support
Froome he has slowly, but surely, retracted his original comments, and has now
for the first time admitted he wants to be the main man again.
Wiggins feels that the
decision won’t be made until just before the Tour, but Froome seems convinced
he’ll lead the team regardless, someone’s not going to happy in about 7-8 weeks
time.
In fairness to Froome
he rode last year on the understanding that he would lead this year and so far
he’s been in much better form he’s already won two tours and a stage race, while
Wiggins has yet to win anything, although if he were to win the Giro that would
only complicate things further.
Happily, however, there
is an obvious solution make them have a bike race whoever wins leads Team Sky
at the Tour.
It should be over three
stages one in the mountains, which would favour Froome, a time trial stage,
which would favour Wiggins, and a flat stage.
It would be one on one,
no domestiques, no team cars and tactics just man and machine the one who
completes all three stages in the shortest time wins, simples.
Team Sky probably won’t
do that, but I think you’ll agree it would be much more entertaining if they
did.
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