Dim's got it pretty much spot on in his synopsis above. Remember back in feb/march when just a couple of us were suggesting that Stannard and Thomas would be names to look out for? Plenty of posters here had never heard of them, let alone the 'average' British sports' fan.
A couple of guys at work who consider themselves to be armchair jocks have expressed surprise at how badly Wiggins is doing and distress when I explained that there was definitely no way back for Armstrong after the first week. The average British sports fan understands nothing of bike racing other than the Tour happens in July. And that the Brits are quite handy riding around in circles for about 12-18 months in a four year Olympic 'cycle'.
imo, Cav joining Team Sky would be a disaster in terms of squad retention but obviously would deliver success for Brailsford in securing wider publicity in the UK. We would do well to remember though that Sky Italia [?] are a significant partner in the team budget and that there is more than one market that the team needs to be invested in.
A couple of guys at work who consider themselves to be armchair jocks have expressed surprise at how badly Wiggins is doing and distress when I explained that there was definitely no way back for Armstrong after the first week. The average British sports fan understands nothing of bike racing other than the Tour happens in July. And that the Brits are quite handy riding around in circles for about 12-18 months in a four year Olympic 'cycle'.
imo, Cav joining Team Sky would be a disaster in terms of squad retention but obviously would deliver success for Brailsford in securing wider publicity in the UK. We would do well to remember though that Sky Italia [?] are a significant partner in the team budget and that there is more than one market that the team needs to be invested in.