Only One Race For Wiggins

Last updated : 23 February 2011 By Kev Monks
Bradley Wiggins will only ride in one of the early season opening races for his Team Sky Cycling Team.

The East Londoner has been announced as being pencilled in for the Tour Of Qatar from February 6-11.

Fellow Brits Geraint Thomas (pictured below) and Ben Swift will start their season with the season opening Tour Down Under with Russell Downing, Jeremy Hunt who has joined from the no longer racing mens team of Cervelo and Ian Stannard joining Wiggins for the Tour Of Qatar.



Steve Cummings (pictured below) will ride the Tour of the Mediterranean from February 9-13 with Downing, Hunt and Stannard will enter the Tour Of Oman on February 15-20th.



Cummings who rode the Tour De France last July will move on from the Mediterranean to compete in the Volta ao Algarve from February 16-20.

Manxman Peter Kennaught has been lined up to enter the Vuelta a Andalucia which starts on February 20th, whilst on February 26th, Downing, Hunt and Ian Stannard will ride in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

Geraint Thomas will replace Stannard in the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, the following day.






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