Froome rejects Wiggins' claim to Tour de France leadership at Team Sky
Romandie winner claims leadersh🃏ip not in question
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chris Froome has reiterated that he will be 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Team Sky's leader for the Tour de France despꦑite claims from Bradley Wiggins that any decision on leadership will only be made a few d🃏ays before the race or even during the mountain stages.
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Tension between the two riders in the team first emerged during last year's Tour de France, when Froome attacked in the Pyrenees despite being told to ride for Wiggins. Since then the two have endured a๊ frosty relationship and have only ridden together at the Tour of Oman.
Froome dominated the Tour de Romandie last week, while Wiggins has been preparing for the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia. Speaking to ♚the media on Monday, Wiggins insisted he is targeting a ಞGiro-Tour double.
"The Tour de France is my focus, it's just that I'ܫm doing the Giro before," Wiggins said.
"It may be that we both stay in contention until that week, Chris wins the mountain stage, takes the yellow jersey in which case there is a natural hierarchy there and then I try and finish second as he did last year. That may not happen — there m🎐𒈔ay be a clear-cut leader before you get there. We will see.”
Froome bit back by issuing a personal statement.
“I have been reassured by th𒀰e management at Team Sky that I have their full backing. At no time has the leadership of ༺the Tour team been in question," it reads.
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“There has been much speculatio💧n regarding the leadership for Team Sky at the Tour de France this year. I have made it clear that winning the Tour would be my maiꦬn objective for 2013."
Froome claims that the strongest riders in the Team Sky squad will support him in his bid to win the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France.
“Attempting to win the Tour de France, is a massive undertaking, and will take total commitment from each and every team member. The Tour team has yet to be ꦓselected but with the depth of talent that🍌 we have at Team Sky, I have no doubt that the strongest and most willing riders will be there to support me.”
According to the BBC, Team Sky manager Dave Brailsford 🐭said he 'relished' having to make a decision on team leadership for July.
