No Wiggo for TDF, WTF!

[400bhp]

I would like to see some actual stats on crash rates from major races, but in my head there's a material risk that one of the favourites end up on the deck, perhaps more so this year with the cobbles. So, you have arguably, two of the top 5 GT riders in your squad and you only pick one to ride the TDF.

Hmmm

 

[SWSteve]

I struggle to believe that Wiggo would have been in the lead group on Sunday up Côte du Jenkins.

 

[MisterStan]

I struggle to believe that Wiggo would have been in the lead group on Sunday up Côte du Jenkins.

I don't see why not, Sunday was all about rolling hills, not climbing Ventoux.

 

[Buddfox]

I don't see why not, Sunday was all about rolling hills, not climbing Ventoux.

He's not good on very steep climbs, the 30% gradient would have seen him dropped.

 

[SWSteve]

The dash up the 30% hill with attacks all over the place wouldn't have suited him

 

[Hont]

It was a pretty large group that was in the 2 seconds bunch, with a few others regarded as diesels, so I don't see why he wouldn't have maintained contact, but it's a moot point because he wasn't there.

 

[JBGooner]

I bet Porte will wish he had the Wiggin's diesel to tow him up the mountains in the next few days.