Team Sky has announced their line up for the Vuelta a Espa�a with the much anticipated inclusion of Bradley Wiggins a month after he spectacularly crashed out of the Tour de France with a fractured collarbone. However Wiggins, who subsequent to the accident had plates inserted to support his clavicle, will miss the Tour of Britain � which runs September 11 to September 18 � as it clashes by a single day with the Vuelta which starts in Benidorm this Saturday (August 20) and ends in Madrid on September 11.
Dave Brailsford, Team Sky principal, said: “Having Bradley back has reinvigorated us all.� Wiggins, the team�s great General Classification hope, will be joined in the nine-man squad in Spain by Xabier Zandio, Chris Sutton, Chris Froome, Ian Stannard, Thomas Lofkvist, Dario Cioni, Morris Possoni, and Kurt-Asle Arvesen.
Tragedy struck Team Sky at last year�s Vuelta when their massage therapist, 43-year-old Txema Gonzalez, died after contracting a bacterial infection. The Team withdrew from the event and with this year�s penultimate stage ending in Gonzalez�s home town of Vitoria have admitted that it will be an emotional day for all.