Their rivals have been quick to pinpoint Team Sky as the main threat for the team time trial at the World Championships but Brett Lancaster has been keen to play down talk of pre-race favourites on the eve of the event.
Team Sky have arrived in Bergen, Norway, with arguably their strongest ever line-up for the 42.5km test. Tour de France and Vuelta a España winner Chris Froome, Michael Kwiatkowski, Geraint Thomas, Vasil Kiryienka, Gianni Moscon and Owain Doull make up their contingent, and although the squad has spent less time in Norway preparing than some of their rivals, Lancaster believes they can 'tick this box.'
"I've only been involved with team for two years but the team we took to Florence in 2013, when we were third, had Froome, Thomas, Porte and Boasson Hagen. That was a strong team too," Lancaster told Cyclingnews.
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"The course here suits our characteristics but it's a strong team. We're just going to take it like any other race we do, and attack it."
"We want to tick this box. We've ticked a lot of boxes this year and if we can it would be fantastic to finish off what's been fantastic year with another success. It would probably be the team's most successful year ever."
Last year's podium trio of Quick-Step, BMC Racing and Orica-Scott have spent longer in Norway than Sky, while several teams set up training camps in preparation for the Worlds. Sky's approach has been different, and Lancaster admits that most of the team's homework and pre-race analysis has come down to the last few days.
"On paper we're strong but it comes down to the preparation in the final two days and getting everything right," he said.
"Today was a really good session and we did that final section twice because it's quite technical. We didn't see that part of the course yesterday so you try and cram as much into one session as possible and hope that it all comes together."
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