Tour de France 2010

Sky, for all their hype have achieved very litte this season. Aside of Wiggins' success in the Giro prologue a stage in the Crit International and a semi classic is a pretty poor return. If they have any sense they wil go all out to get Thomas in yellow, he coud well get it on Saturday, not the hardest stage, probably hard enough to blow out Cancellara but thomas showed in the Tour of switzerland he can climb.

And on this point, Sky are a brand new team, I wouldn't expect them to achieve much in the first season, paticularly when they've focussed on the Tour.
Yes, Thomas can climb, but he's pretty dedicated to Wiggins and despite their "lack of form" Wiggins showed today that he looks pretty good. Thomas won't stand a chance of yellow on Saturday, yes he can beat Cancellara, but by then the race will have changed. Thomas needs a late break and good escape and I reckon Thursday is the day for it or not at all. Besides, Thomas is needed on Saturday to cover Wiggins so that he has a good shot at holding up for Sundays assault on Morzine.