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Libertine Seguros said:Because Acquarone took a fat wad of payola to make a Wiggins-friendly Corsa Rosa.
Libertine Seguros said:Because Acquarone took a fat wad of payola to make a Wiggins-friendly Corsa Rosa.
JRanton said:It will be odd to think that Sky won't have either Wiggins or Cavendish at the Tour next year considering how important it is for the sponsor. On the other hand it will be great to see more coverage of the Giro/Vuelta in the British media.
Sky have enough climbing domestiques to split between Wiggins and Froome. Uran, Henao, Porte, Rogers, Kiryienka, Cataldo, Siutsov, Lopez, JTL? And then there's the likes of Thomas and EBH who will be very useful to Froome at the Tour.
Woody22 said:I hope Evans rides the Giro next year but don't think he will.
He has stated in the past that he has unfinished business with the Giro, but if he wants to rectify it he had better hurry up. The clock is ticking.
He should ride the Giro and the Vuelta and see if he can claim one of those before he retires.
Afrank said:Agree, I would love to see Evans focus on the Giro instead, and that way Tejay can be leader in the tour .
El Pistolero said:Perhaps, a top ten in a Monument doesn't automatically mean you have a future in them. I don't see Voeckler winning the Ronde van Vlaanderen any time soon.
Libertine Seguros said:Because Acquarone took a fat wad of payola to make a Wiggins-friendly Corsa Rosa.
Ryo Hazuki said:why not? if devolder can win it twice
cineteq said:IMO he was too stressed out from the Tour, and doesn't want to repeat it. Voted for "Give Froome a chance".
"Try and win the 2 other GT's to become a legend" is the most ridiculous reason I've heard thus far.
I should have read a little farther before my first reply! Perfect! Spot on!User Guide said:Voted for"cant take same training program as last year/goes back too having few too many beers over winter" option
Yup.Richeypen said:He doesnt have the motivation. He wanted to win it, he won it, on to something else
King Of The Wolds said:Because Sky want to win all 3 GTs in one season. The most likely way of doing this is for Brad to do Giro and Vuelta and Froome to do the Tour.
Brad can go for the objective of all 3 GTs, the can avoid the issue of the 2 of them riding together and they have enough strong domestiques to go around. It looks like a good solution, especially given the parcours involved.
Libertine Seguros said:This could be very interesting if Wiggins goes for the win in the Vuelta. I foresee Unipublic looking at how the 2012 Vuelta was perceived as a success (probably because of how dull the GC mix was at the Tour, and how dull the GC racing was at the Giro) and aping that, so we get Ézaro HTF! Valdepeñas de Jaén HTF! Peña Cabarga MTF! Xorret del Catí "MTF"! Aia HTF! Angliru MTF! Costiña de Canedo HTF! Cuitu Negru MTF! San Lorenzo de El Escorial HTF! Acebo MTF from its hardest side! Gamoniteiro MTF! Picón Blanco MTF! Urkiola MTF!
All on otherwise flat stages, of course.
Maybe we will get that climb of El Peñón de Gibraltar that I wanted before long. Javier Guillén will surely not let something trivial like politics get in the way of making the riders tackle 25%+ gradients.
User Guide said:Voted for"cant take same training program as last year/goes back too having few too many beers over winter" option
Libertine Seguros said:Because Acquarone took a fat wad of payola to make a Wiggins-friendly Corsa Rosa.