Wiggins 'to miss Tour de France' as Froome picks his Sky riders

2012 champion Bradley Wiggins is criticised by Froome in his forthcoming autobiography

Bradley Wiggins wearing Yellow in the Amgen Tour of California 2014
(Image credit: 2014 Getty Images)

The Tour de France starts in Yorkshire in just over a month, but will Bradley Wiggins be part of the race? Speculation is growing that the 2012 winner may not be selected by Team Sky after he was left out of the the squad for the Criterium du Dauphine, which will be led by 2013 Tour winner Chris Froome.

The two men have had what The Guardian calls a "fraught" relationship since they fell out in the 2012 Tour, during which Froome acted as support rider to Wiggins.

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