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Cav to Sky ?

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  1. Bad move if you ask me, Sky was set up with the intention of producing a british winner of the tour de france within 5 years, if they take Cav on then how do they race the tour. Basically they build a team around Cav and have him supported by say thomas, Swift, Cummings, an other. Can you see Boasen Hagen playing second fiddle to Cav because i cant, so it gives us us Cav, Swift, Thomas, Cummings, Boasen Hagen, an other.
    We then have GC man Wiggins to come in, leaving 2 slots left which i assume would go th Uran and Xandio or another mountain specialist.
    We now have to ask ourselves does Brailsford think he cant produce a british winner in the remaining 3 years of his prediction and does he just go for stage wins to keep the sponsors happy, if so then i cant see Sky continuing with sponsoring a team who wont deliver on their initial remit..
    The tour has proved that to win it you need 8 riders fully commited to a team leader, as BMC were this year unlike Leopard Trek who split their eggs in 2 baskets and suffered as a result.
    Cav should go to a team fully committed to him without a GC Contender, Astana or Cofidis come to mind, or even stay at HTC. Either way a move to Sky would be bad for all concerned.

  2. I have seen the theory bandied about that Cav is staying at HTC, but HTC is changing sponsors so that's why he's having to play coy - announce new sponsor AND Cav staying at the same time.

  3. Cav will not be staying at HTC...

  4. i have to agree with miff on several points. sky do seem to have little room to go for a tour title with wiggins and the green jersey for cav. several other teams have tried to do that in recent memory and fallen flat on their faces in both regards. but there is something about having cavendish as your sprinter. so i'm thinking that even with a severely reduced lead out train, cavendish is generally a step or three ahead of the competition that he'd more than hold his own.

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