Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish to lead Team Sky at the Tour de France
Two of the most successful cyclists in the 2012 season, Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins will carry Team Sky hopes at the Tour de France.
The duo rode brilliantly in the earlier part of the 2012 season and can be a real help for the side.
They will be accompanied by Richie Porte, Michael Rogers, Christian Knees, Edvald Boasson Hagen and Kanstantin Siutsou for the three-week race.
The British side is sending almost the same squad that rode at the Criterium du Dauphine with an exception of Danny Pate.
Both Wiggins and Cavendish has bagged numerous wins in the earlier part of the season and are fully confident to fulfil the team goals in France.
Wiggins is holding the third overall position at the UCI World Tour Individual rankings with a total number of 334 points in his back pocket.
He secured overall victories at the Paris-Nice, the Tour de Romandie, the Criterium du Dauphine and occupied the third overall position at the Volta ao Algarve.
Bradley also bagged stages at the all the mentioned events along with the point’s classifications at the Paris-Nice.
He joined Team Sky in 2010 and it will be his third consecutive participation at the Tour de France with the British team.
The 32-year-old hold has the honour of participating in a total number of ten Grand Tour races throughout his career including four Giro d’Italia, one Vuelta a Espana and five Tour de France appearances in his bag.
“Our priority this year is the general classification with Bradley but that doesn’t mean we’ll neglect the sprint stages, or Mark’s bid for green jersey,” Brailsford briefed.
“Chris, Mick, and Richie are among our strongest climbers and will all be there to support Bradley in the mountains”.
“But then we’ve got riders like Christian and Kosta who have strong engines on the flats, and versatile riders like Edvald and Bernhard who can support Mark in the sprints”.
Team Sky for the Tour de France: Bradley Wiggins (GBr), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor), Mark Cavendish (GBr), Bernhard Eisel (Aut), Chris Froome (GBr), Christian Knees (Ger), Richie Porte (Aus), Michael Rogers (Aus) and Kanstantsin
Siutsou (Blr).
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