Bradley Wiggins survived the opening day of the Driedaagse De Panne and remains on course for Friday’s individual time trial and a bid for the overall but with one eye on the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix the former Tour de France winner’s primary goal is fine-tune his form ahead of the two cobbled Monuments.
Wiggins was meant to line up for last weeks E3 Harelbeke but he was taken out of the team as a precaution after falling ill. He, like the majority of the field, then failed to finish Gent-Wevelgem, leaving him short of recent race miles in Belgian.
De Panne was already on his schedule coming into the Classics campaign but the three-day event has become more significant in the British rider’s preparation in recent days.
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"I’ve never seen anything like that," he told reporters when reflecting on the windy conditions at Gent-Wevelgem that saw only 39 riders finish.
"Those winds were incredible but it is what it is and I need these days for Roubaix."
Wiggins was often at the front of the peloton during the opening stage in De Panne and although he finished 40 seconds behind winner Alexandre Kristoff he remains on course for Friday’s individual time trial. Rod Ellingworth, who linked up with Team Sky’s classics contingent after Gent-Wevelgem believes that the team are still reaping the rewards from a confidence-boosting win in E3 Harelbeke.
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