Tour de France 2010

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.

There is no way that CSC will let Thomas get in a break unless they want to lose the yellow jersey which is possible as defending it will take energy that they may need later in the race. But historicaly it is more likey to be a rider further down that benefits from that. If Thomas gets in a break the rest of the break will be screwing because it will alsmost certainly guarantee it being brought back and they wont work with him.

All he needs to do on Saturday is finish in the front group to get yellow and despite the countless variables that is his best and probably only vhance of getting yellow. He is more than capable of finishing in the front group on Saturday's stage.

What you say about Sky is true to an extent, but the amount of hype (pretty much of their own making) and their budget means they should have achieved more. They have pissed off a lot of other teams over the last 12 months. The signing of Wiggins and Swift being significant but far from the only reasons. The other problem with Thomas getting in a break is that it's more than likely Garmin (who have form for this) will find a reason to ride like when they screwed over Hincapie last year despite having no reason to ride.