DBotero said:
Let's see how this will work out but I expect the team to be weaker in the mountains than the usual TDF Sky train.
I think Kiri, Kwiato, Nieve, Henao, Thomas and Landa will manage to do a decent job at it. That'll be
over 6W/Kg just to hold on when the going gets tough.
deValtos said:
Rowe is in over Stannard because this season his legs are considerably stronger. That's all there is too it.
Stannard's been sub-par while Rowe had a pretty decent early spring, and was absolute class during that chaotic start at Paris-Nice. He's also 10kg lighter so he should be able to rotate in for Kiri and Kwiato early in the climbs. That's not the part that surprises me.
deValtos said:
That would be a fun exercise. Create the weakest possible team Sky could send to the TDF to protect Froome (still have to include the dawg ofc though.)
Taking away neo-pros and
KB's chums, on current form:
Wiśniowski
van Poppel
Gołaś
Elissonde
Intxausti
Seb Henao
Kennaugh
Knees
Christian Knees is a decent rider and he seems like a good guy, but if you're taking him then Yogi must have been ruled out (or it's a very unlikely Team Sky bow towards the home crowd).