Why is wiggins not in the vuelta

Wiggins, who crashed out of the Tour with a broken collarbone, headlines the Team Sky squad, which also includes fellow Brits Chris Froome and Ian Stannard. Wiggins will be racing the Vuelta for the first time of his career.

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Missing the Vuelta means that Wiggins will not ride a Grand Tour this season. We hope he'll do the same again this year. The pair has not raced together for Sky since the Tour of Oman at the beginning of Their last appearance in the same race came at the world championships road race in Florence last September.

Wiggins played a supporting role at the weekend, helping Ben Swift take second place. According to Brailsford, he will attend a training camp at altitude before his next race.

The year-old has been focusing on the track this summer and made his competitive return in the team pursuit at the Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow. After taking silver in the event, Wiggins went on to announce that he is unlikely to return to Grand Tour racing , as he looks to alter his physique to cope with the demands of track racing. His last three-week race was the Giro d'Italia in , which he abandoned after stage With this move, it looks like Wiggins is following through with his promise.

Sign up to the Cyclingnews Newsletter. Offseason movement is expected at Ineos with Geraint Thomas among those out of contract and potentially moving on, though many of the team's ostensible Grand Tour contenders are expected to stay. Eurosport presenter and podcast guest Orla Chennaoui believes that the team must clarify their strategy to compete with teams like Jumbo-Visma, who last week announced the signing of Rohan Dennis from Ineos. Chennaoui said: "It's just not working - four leaders coming into the Tour de France, three into the Giro, it's not necessary, really.

I don't see how you can compete with that. When do they say, 'I am riding in full support of my leader now'?