Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
Yeah commentators said last night there are 3 Sky riders apart from Wiggins who are genuine GC chances. Don't expect them to all stick together once egos start getting involved.
Excellent comparison to the Armstrong/Contador situation. Sky are too strong this year.
Cycling is a team sport unlike others. Ego rarely comes into. Sky have spent all season building for this and all 11 days so far riding for Wiggo. They ain't gonna implode now with self centred angles. Playing the team role as the supporting crew are doing will actually work in their favour when it comes time to renew contract /sign with rival teams. No one wants a self centred non team player in their squad and the Sky team if they let Ego get involved would ultimately hurt the support riders futures.

Froome would have got word from the Team Director to ease up when he started dropping Wiggo. Froome did and waited for Wiggo to catch up and then done his job. If ego was getting involved Froome would have told the Team Director where to go and pushed on and left Wiggo in his wake.

Ego's won't stop the Sky procession. Drug Testers may and the slim possibility of Wiggo having a crash will be the only thing that stops Wiggo getting the Yellow in Paris.

To compare the thing with Contador and Armstrong is a bit of a joke. Both are Alpha Males in Cycling so both would believe they were the best and would want to prove it. That is why they were only on the team together for 1 year. The whole the town isn't big enough for the two of them principle