Team Sky unveils first six riders
Geraint Thomas of Great Britain in action in the Madison during day three of the UCI Cycling World Cup on November 2, 2008 in Manchester (Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
Team Sky unveiled a contingent of six British riders today (Wednesday) as the first members of the new squad.
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Chris Froome, Stephen Cummings, Geraint Thomas, Russell Downing, Peter Kennaugh and Ian Stannard have all signed one to three-year contracts with the new team
Team principal Dave Brailsford told Cyclingnews that more signings will follow in the coming days. “This project has been two to three years in the making and here we are naming riders and making this a reality. It’s hugely satisfying to announce this batch of British rider. It’s massive moment for us.”
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Blonde
Posted Wed 9 Sep, 1:30 pm BST Flag as inappropriate
Excellent news about Downing. He's performed brilliantly this year, most recently at the tour of Ireland. It's about time he had a place on a Pro-team.
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d198594t
Posted Wed 9 Sep, 1:30 pm BST Flag as inappropriate
Great to finally get some news on the team. Interesting selection but still good news, glad to see Downing in there. I can;t wait for the rest to be announced and for the first ride out.
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d198594t
Posted Wed 9 Sep, 1:31 pm BST Flag as inappropriate
Great mind think alike....
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carbonfiend
Posted Wed 9 Sep, 1:36 pm BST Flag as inappropriate
Russell Downing respect due
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nferrar
Posted Wed 9 Sep, 2:48 pm BST Flag as inappropriate
Yeah great news about Downing, I hope he gets to ride some classics next year. A lot of other talent in the squad to, especially for the future
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Leepbk
Posted Wed 9 Sep, 3:25 pm BST Flag as inappropriate
Gerrans will sign - He's awesome.
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mountain-nic
Posted Wed 9 Sep, 4:15 pm BST Flag as inappropriate
Big ups to Geriant and Russ
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NapoleonD
Posted Wed 9 Sep, 5:12 pm BST Flag as inappropriate
I can't believe they are making the announcements like this, I'm still dying to find out if I made the team or not. I wish they would let me know before the press release.
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weeve
Posted Wed 9 Sep, 7:32 pm BST Flag as inappropriate
Dont worry Napoleon D youre in. I had to turn them down as Im having my hair done (well hair replaced...)
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dobbo75
Posted Wed 9 Sep, 8:10 pm BST Flag as inappropriate
Well done Fonzy!!
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G3zz
Posted Wed 9 Sep, 9:35 pm BST Flag as inappropriate
Hopefully this could be more media attention :D
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supermyk
Posted Wed 9 Sep, 11:17 pm BST Flag as inappropriate
Get to ride with "the fonzy" quite abit and i can hand on heart say what an thoroughly unpleasant fellow, maybe fetching bidons for riders with class like bossen-hagen et al will teach him a little humility
