Tour de France 2014

I don't know what you can take from Sky's Tour. Not a lot really.

Porte just doesn't look like a GT rider to me, he always seems to have at least one bad day. Thomas did okay, but I'd be surprised if he ever made the top ten of a GT as both his climbing and his TT'ing aren't quite up to it. He does okay in one week races so maybe it's a recovery issue? **I hope he doesn't focus on stage races next year and continues to aim for the cobbled classics, as he's got a better chance of glory there. **

Nieve did okay, but never looked like he'd win a stage. Kiryenka punched above his weight, the rest were anonymous.

Interviewed on ITV4, it sounds as though he's focusing on stage races first, classics second next year.

I don't think he can win either to be honest. Years spent Team Pursuiting and then doing roughly the same thing in the Sky train have left him without a kick/change of pace and a lack of racing tactics.

I hope Kennaugh get's out of Sky pronto, and the Yates' don't go anywhere near Brailsford before they get cloned into bunch engines.