No Grand Tour leadership for Wout Poels in 2017

Froome's chief lieutenant will take a supporting role again next season

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Wout Poels wins the 2016 Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Photo: Graham Watson

Wout Poels has made himself a valuable member of Team Sky over the last couple of the years, not only for his domestique work in service of Chris Froome at the Tour de France, but also for picking up the team's first Monument victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

However, despite that, Poels looks unlikely to be given a chance to lead the team at a Grand Tour in 2017, with the Dutchman telling NOS.nl that he still hadn't asked for a leadership role.

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Henry Robertshaw began his time at Cycling Weekly working with the tech team, writing reviews, buying guides and appearing in videos advising on how to dress for the seasons. He later moved over to the news team, where his work focused on the professional peloton as well as legislation and provision for cycling. He's since moved his career in a new direction, with a role at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.