2014 Pro-cycling season thread

"I'm genuinely surprised that the announcement has been made so early because now there's a whole month to mull over who said what, when, where and why. Maybe that's Dave Brailsford's plan; get it out the way, so that when the Tour starts it's old news. A whole month of speculation and analysis of Team Sky's politics and relationships. Fantastic. Stand back and watch the fireworks.".

But Sky, and Brailsford, didn't announc it, Wiggins did in two interviews. William Fotheringham in the Guardian had some thoughts about why.

Linky? I did wonder how much had been sanctioned. I wonder if was an attempt to force Brailsford's hand. Froome had already strongly hinted Wiggins wasn't going though.