Tour Down Under

Their main GC rider is Wiggins so they're going to support him in the biggest possible way, but as you say depending how other races go in the lead up, they might try and put together a strong sprint contingent, although with Cav being so fast, its got to be a bit of a tough call

id be suprised if they went for a strong sprinting team - were your thinking for flats that with it they could sit on the front and drag back breakaways?

i would've thought wiggins, arvesen, gerrans, henderson, felcha would be strong enough for that

i would have thought there would be no real reason to try and out do cav as there'd be nothing to gain for wiggins, the only reason i could think of would be showing cav its greener on the other side in an effort to sign him up. (although i have to say even with a great train henderson surely wouldnt beat cav 9 times out of 10)

with no team trial and lots of climbs i just have a feeling that against contador/schlecks/radioshack/sastre wiggins will need all the climbing help he can get.

i find it strange people saying sky are weak though, maybe compared to radioshack but other than that id say they're pretty strong?

gerrans will be invaluable to wiggins.

pereiro is a great signing for astana and contador though.