Shane Sutton "shifts jobs" At Sky

furiousox

Shane Sutton has left his post as head coach as Team Sky, and taken up a new role as 'performance advisor' for the team.
Strange days indeed....

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/536485/shane-sutton-shifts-jobs-at-sky.html

Beasty

I would have thought you would have got the message by now, but if anyone wants to turn this into a doping speculation thread don't be surprised when you get hit with the cards and bans

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slow

It will be interesting to see Shane's role going forward. Looking at the 5 part documentary on Sky, he clearly was the one who had a huge influence on Wiggins. Replacing him might not be so easy.

petethedrummer

Head of background checking.

greenspurs

my previous post ...... Dissapeared............ ?

C3PO

greenspurs wrote: »

my previous post ...... Dissapeared............ ?

Refer to Post no 2 above I would suggest!

C3PO

From reading Wiggin's book it appeared that the two people within the Sky set-up who he worked closest with were Sutton and Yates and now one is gone and the other has stepped aside! Certainly something going on within the team!

CramCycle

Same money for less hours and less job security or the same hours for more money again with less security.

Consultancy at its finest.

ROK ON

I reckon the chances of Wiggo winning a GT again are bleak.
He took his chance when he could. In doing that he depended very heavily on Sutton, Yates and certain key riders.
In his own words, Wiggo likes to just rude the bike and leave the thinking planning and preparation to trusted advisors.
Unless he has a similar relationship with Tim kerrison I imagine that this year in Team Sky will be more about Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome and less about Bradley.

ballygowan1

ROK ON wrote: »

I reckon the chances of Wiggo winning a GT again are bleak.
He took his chance when he could. In doing that he depended very heavily on Sutton, Yates and certain key riders.
In his own words, Wiggo likes to just rude the bike and leave the thinking planning and preparation to trusted advisors.
Unless he has a similar relationship with Tim kerrison I imagine that this year in Team Sky will be more about Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome and less about Bradley.

Geraint Thomas as a rider for the overall? Not a hope in my opinion. He cant climb.

ROK ON

I do not mean GT for a GT, just wins in general.
I think he is a superb rider and I will be watching him closely this year. Hope he has gotten this track nonsense out of his system ;-)

Chips Lovell

Thomas and Sagan could well be the Boonen and Cancellara of the coming years.

capnsantini

Isn't Shane Sutton recovering from a serious bike/car accident? Could that have something to do with the job change?

ednwireland

capnsantini wrote: »

Isn't Shane Sutton recovering from a serious bike/car accident? Could that have something to do with the job change?

yep
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2230119/Shane-Sutton-British-Cycling-coach-seriously-injured-collision-just-day-Bradley-Wiggins-crash.html

The Australian-born Sutton, who is part of Wiggins’ coaching team, suffered severe bruising and a bleed on the brain when was hit by a Peugeot 206 as he made his way to the National Cycling Centre in Manchester on Thursday morning.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2230119/Shane-Sutton-British-Cycling-coach-seriously-injured-collision-just-day-Bradley-Wiggins-crash.html#ixzz2IcRQLewO
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having put a crack down my eye socket it takes longer than you think to recover properly (ie you think your allright after a few weeks but your not and i was a lot younger)