Froome was held back in the mountains, no one is denying that but I don't remember there being a consensus he held back on the TT which is what you are saying. Hence my point about the Olympics. Strawman argument noted.Galic Ho said:Deflection noted. Forum consensus is that yes, Wiggins had the team hold Froome back. Seriously dude, you already know this if you've been around here since last July. Whether you AGREE with it, well that is your issue. But it is the generally accepted version of events. If Froome was unleashed, it was going to be a much different race. He looked like he was on a LEASH. These things are obvious if you've watched enough cycling. But again, that's your problem.
So because people have posted an opinion makes it fact.You thought wrong. Read the thread. Only the uber Wiggins fans are praising him. It's called an EXCUSE. Again, your issue, not mine.
Again with the hypotheticals? Even though you whole argument is based on a hypothetical since no one on the board knows the truth.Again, with the hypothetical's on something that has been written. Why do that? We know what happened. Cav was wasted and fell over so many times it wasn't funny. He was a dead weight. Hence why he NOW RIDES for OPQS.
Or he wants to try and be ready for the Vuelta. Perhaps he does not want to ride for Froome. Perhaps Brailsford decided it would be best to have just Froome and not Wiggins. We can only speculate but as usual you try and make opinion try to sound like fact. The irony is that you would do well on Fox News.The fact remains, if Wiggins is as good as his fans have said he is, then YES, there is most definitely a spot for him as a helper for Chris Froome. Problem is there is more than enough evidence to suggest the sheer idea of that is unpalatable to Wiggins. Catching on??? He doesn't want to ride, so they made whatever reason up AFTER the matter to excuse his absence. If he had tendinitis badly enough, he'd be in surgery and we'd have heard about it a week and a half ago. It's internal politics based of PERSONALITY. Otherwise known as EGO.
Catching on???