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MANCHESTER, England -- Bradley Wiggins chances of retaining his Tour de France title receded on Monday when teammate Chris Froome was named as Team Skys leader for cyclings biggest race. Team principal Dave Brailsford ended months of speculation by saying the British-based outfit would stick to the plan set out at the start of the year, leaving Wiggins to play second fiddle to his compatriot when the Tour begins on June 29. "As always, the team selection is a management decision and it will be evidence-based," Brailsford said. "However it is crucial there is clarity of purpose and for that reason we will go to the Tour with one leader. "Taking that into consideration and given Chris step up in performances this year, our plan, as it has been since January, is to have him lead the Tour de France team." Wiggins, the Olympic time-trial champion, had left Team Sky in an awkward position last week when he said he was hoping to pull off a rare Giro dItalia-Tour de France double this year, despite Froome having long been lined up to be the teams No. 1 at the Tour after finishing runner-up in 2012. Froome reacted the same day by saying he had been "reassured by the management ... that I have their full backing" as Team Skys leader for the Tour. Froome is widely considered a better climber and has powered to overall victories at the Tour of Oman, Criterium International and Tour de Romandie this season. "Were in a fantastic position -- we have two of the best G (general classification) riders in the world and they are both great racers with a competitive will to win," Brailsford said. "Since the start of the season, Bradleys performance plan has focused around training specifically to try and win the Giro and then ride the Tour, whilst Chris has been focused on attempting to win the Tour." The Giro started on Saturday, with Wiggins helping Team Sky win the team time trial on Sunday. Saucony Shoes Outlet Online . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. Discount Saucony Shoes Outlet . Murray beat Sam Querrey 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-3 to clinch Britains opening-round victory against the United States on Sunday at Petco Park. "Im proud of the way Im playing just now, because I had to do a lot of work to get back to where I want to be," Murray said after celebrating with his teammates on the red clay court in a temporary stadium in left field of the downtown home of baseballs San Diego Padres. http://www.sauconyoutletonline.com/ . Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. China Saucony Shoes Outlet . -- Brandon Jennings made the most of his first game with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. Wholesale Saucony Shoes Outlet .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N. Unbridled aggression almost got the better of Melbourne prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona in the Storms 16-10 NRL qualifying final win over North Queensland at AAMI Park.Returning from suspension after sitting out his sides minor premiership win over Cronulla a week earlier, the Kiwi international looked to have placed his entire finals campaign in jeopardy in the 59th minute.A late hit which appeared to take out the legs of North Queensland captain Johnathan Thurston gave away a penalty and gifted the Cowboys a much-needed opportunity to score and get back when they trailed by eight points at 14-6.Thurston was kicking down field at the 50m mark and flipped, falling awkwardly on his head after Asofa-Solomonas shot.The penalty and the ensuing set resulted in a try to winger Kyle Feldt in the corner and lifted the reigning premiers back into the tightly contested match, trailing 14-10.Thurston said he believed contact witth his legs is what flipped him over in the tackle.ddddddddddddI kicked (the ball) and Ive hit the ground and hes made contact with my legs which has flipped me over, Thurston said.If the match review committee deem it to be charged, it will be charged but its out of my hands.Cowboys coach Paul Green said he thought Asofa-Solomonas shot on his key playmaker was dangerous.It was pretty ugly and theyre the dangerous ones where you take the legs out, particularly of the kicker, Green said.However Storm coach Craig Bellamy did not think there was any malice in the tackle.It was probably a little bit late, but I dont know if (the penalty) was for tackling late, or tackling his legs but it looked like to me first contact was around his hips. It was a pretty tough penalty to be quite honest. ' ' '