2014 Pro-cycling season thread

Are you saying Porte is doping?

Personally I want to see Wiggins start in Yorkshire, and considering Froome got spat on about 15 times on the way up the Ventoux I know he won't be bothered by my boos, but I'll boo him anyway, whether you like it or not. You need to take your best riders to the Tour, Wiggins is an ex-winner, he has the form, he should be there.

No Jimmy, I am not saying he is doping.
You need to take your best team, not your best riders, to the Tour. It would be silly to deny that Wiggins is emotional, volatile and unpredictable. He's achieved great things and he has had great failures. If having him on the team is a risk then a 'lesser' rider might be of more use. It's just sentiment to say he should be there because he is an ex-winner and cycling is not a sentimental sport.
I can imagine what advice Greg Lemond would give about taking a potential rival with you, however many assurances you have been given.