Oh, didn't know that, cheers.

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How long will it take before there is real friction between Wiggo and Cav.

Even the Sky picture on the OP is a little controversial with the World Champion taking a backseat. Not sure Sky can support both a GC contender and a sprinter. One ego will take a knock thats for sure.

They've throw their weight behind Wiggins, which suggests that Cav will bail before the end to concentrate on the Olympics.

Not a chance. He will want to defend his jersey. He has Bernard to help him in the mountains, and he is such a weapon in the sprints he can join any other train if needs be.

Not massively up to speed on the ins and outs in the cycling world but have always kept an eye out on the TdF etc

I think Cav will be generally supported in the sprints in week 1, after that he will be supporting Wiggins. And in return he gets helped out for the inevitable sprint finish in the Olympics.

I was reading the other day that Cav has changed his training routine and dropped weight/bulk. Means he's not as strong a sprinter as he was (still bloody good, but relative to him), but a much better overall rider now.

I think the 9 circuits up Box Hill (narrow, easy to get separated from his teammates, difficult to cover breaks) were providing a minor concern for him according to his tweeting - pinch of salt application required obviously.

as others have said, the Sky team is centered around Wiggo and Wiggo only. Cav will have Boassan Hagen and Eisel to lead him out in the sprints but otherwise he will have to go it alone and as we saw in the worlds, he very nearly got blocked before he found a gap and squeezed through. he will be a marked man this year but also have to contend with the likes of Greipel, Sagan and Kittel, as well as Pettacchi and GreenEdge who have come out saying they want the green jersey... My biggest issue with Cav has been that he generally never contests the intermediate sprints saving everything for a "st or bust" sprint to the stage finish which can, as we saw in the Giro, go horribly wrong... he could have had the green jersey wrapped up long before Paris last year.

Eisel and EBH are a lead out train of sorts but they arent anyhting like as honed as HTC was. EBH will also be the man to go ahead with a breakaway and try to control it during the stage so might not ahve the legs for a lead out at the end of a stage. in my opinion, Cav wont be coming home with the green jersy and wont be wearing gold on the 28th July either. I'm not a pesimist, just a realist.

Pablo...did you see much of the Giro? Cav was contesting the inters.

yes its a fair point, I only caught fleeting glimpses of the Giro. HTC could guarantee a super lead out in le tours of past so he didnt need the intermediates whereas sky can not do the same job so Cav has had to start contesting them.