It really wouldn’t though.
Everyone knows this story, but just to emphasise just how unexpected Froome’s transformation into the strongest climber and best GT rider of the past decade was, here’s Sky’s GC placings at 2011’s Tour de Pologne, two weeks before the Vuelta:
Kennaugh, 5th
Cummings, 9th
Nordhaug, 16th
Stannard, 61st
Löfkvist, 62nd
Possoni, 82nd
Froome, 85th
Carlström, 102nd
Understandably, Sky pick Lars Petter to ride for Wiggins ahead of Froome, leaving Froome looking around for a new team...