Team Sky suffer heavy fall in Worlds TTT training ride

Team Sky lost the team time trial on the final climb

Team Sky lost the team time trial on the final climb (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Team Sky's hopes of a strong performance in Sunday's World Championships team time trial have suffered a major blow with three of their riders taking a heavy fall in training.

Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.