FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Tour de France - The 116-km Stage 21 from Houilles to Paris Champs-Elysees - July 29, 2018 - Team Sky rider Geraint Thomas of Britain, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates after the finish with his teammates Jonathan Castroviejo of Spain, Luke Rowe of Britain, Chris Froome of Britain, Wout Poels of the Netherlands, Egan Arley Bernal of Colombia and Michal Kwiatkowski of Poland. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
(Reuters) - Team Sky named Michal Kwiatkowski and David de la Cruz in their line-up for the Vuelta a Espana which begins on Saturday, with Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas and last year's champion Chris Froome opting out, the team announced on Wednesday.
Team Sky, who have won the last four Grand Tours, said last week that Thomas and Froome would skip the event to participate in next month's Tour of Britain.
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