Paul Lake's Left Knee
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Yes I realise that but to the best of my knowledge Cav has never been excluded from the Tour to safeguard team spirit like Sky did to Brad a couple of years ago. Brad deserved to be treated better IMHO.
It's in the nature of the star performer to be a bit selfish. Winning those sprints takes a certain personality (maybe Chris Hoy is an exception to that on the track) and so does surviving in the mountains. Froomey played a reluctant support act to Brad and maybe Wiggo wouldn't have won the Tour without Sky brining him back into line.
Nobody is perfect so if we want to combine cycling achievements and positive personality, then maybe Hoy stands out above our other modern greats.
No Cav left Sky because he wasnt the main man and getting the support he wanted. I agree Brad should have been allowed to defend his title, and offered but it was Froome who said if he was no 1 he didnt want Brad riding for him, so Brailsford did it for 'team' reasons.
In any case, my point remains the same, Wiggins won more than Hoy and Cav, a lot more, over a wider range of events. on both track and road, it doesnt matter who is the most likeable, Wiggins has a palmares that is up there with anyone who has ever got on a bike.