Wiggins vs Froome

Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome

After both Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome staked a claim for leadership of Team Sky at the Tour de France, we consider all the unlikely scenarios of how this potential team rivalry may play out



Wiggins declares it ‘a big wind-up'

At the pre-Tour team presentation, Wiggins gets Froome in a headlock, messes up his hair and declares, "I was just messing with you, mate. Everyone knows that a Giro-Tour double is impossible these days!" insisting he's taking a backseat... but still quite fancies a podium. A team press-release states the fuss was all part of a Sky strategy to spread confusion and unsettle the team's main rivals.

Entertainment value ***

Likelihood 3%




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