Tour of Guangxi: Poels the main man for Team Sky
(Cyclingnews.com)

On paper, Team Sky started the Tour of Guangxi with one of the strongest squads. On stage four of the race, to NongLa Scenic Spot, sports director Brett Lancaster is aiming to prove it on the road, too, with Wout Poels the ace in the deck for the British team.  With the opening three stages of the race all won in dominant fashion by Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors), there has been little racing insight into who is most likely to shine on the queen stage of the race. Poels and Mikel Landa have both been key domestiques during Chris Froome`s last three Tour de France wins but are potential winners in their own right. Although Landa is lacking his form of July this late into the season, Lancaster told Cyclingnews ahead of the queen stage that Poels is raring to go and will lead the team.ADVERTISEMENT `Wout is in excellent form. I won`t give too much away but I think he has done some really good numbers just last week before coming here,` the Australian sports director explained. `Obviously he had his knee injuries earlier in the year so he hasn`t done a lot of race days. The form you saw the last week of the Vuelta, he`s come out of there really strong. He`ll be our main man and Landa will try and get up there as well. We`ll try and give him a hand. We`ll see what happens but it will all be decided tomorrow I think. We still don`t know exactly how hard this climb is.` The team will have to do without climber Beñat Intxausti after the Spaniard withdrew on stage 2. The 31-year-old was making his first stage race appearance since the 2016 Tour de Pologne and just his second race of 2017 for Sky as he continues to battle mononucleosis. Landa You can read more at Cyclingnews.com