Bradley Wiggins will be giving us the inside track on Team Sky in 2010 with exclusive video blogs throughout the season. Ahead of his first race in February we caught up with him to talk about his hopes and aims for the new campaign:

First question Bradley, what's going to make Team Sky so special?

I think this is going to be completely different to what anyone has seen before in terms of a professional cycling team. It's like no other team I've ever seen - in everything it does.

That translates across to the equipment we've got, the bikes, the kit, the way we are going about things and the kudos that goes with having a sponsor like Sky. It's bigger and better really.

Cycling can be a bit behind the times in some ways, which is why this team is going to be amazing - when we rock up in the bus I think it's going to be pretty daunting for a lot of other teams actually. It's something that's quite space age, which cycling has never seen before and it's exciting to be on the inside of that.

And what about the team itself?

On the performance side of things, the list of riders that's been put together is fantastic. It's a mixture of the best talent in the world - including some really experienced guys who have been in some of the biggest teams in the world.

It's also going to be pretty special for all the British guys in the team. Obviously we've experienced it all on the track but to now have that on the road is something else.

But in terms of the team and the performance, the passports really don't matter. I think that's what Dave [Brailsford] was interested in - going out there and constructing a team of 26 riders who were the best out there.

It goes right across the board too, including the backroom staff. He's gone out and found the best, whatever nationality they are.

You talked about 'coming home' to Team Sky when your signing was confirmed...

It's Dave Brailsford [Team Principal] through and through really. I've gone through three Olympic cycles with those guys and his team and that's why this is just like coming home for me. The professionalism, the dedication, that setting your mind on something and then going and achieving it.

The goal's different, the kit's different but the team's the same and it's tried and tested in many ways too. It's really exciting to be back here going for a different goal but with the same team around me.

And how do you go about trying to repeat the track success on the road?

In many ways the method is the same - it's about having the right people around you, professional people that are able to do the job. You just know with Dave that you are going to get the very best in every area. From the athlete's point of view that's the key.

Clearly the goal for you is going to be the Tour de France following last year's superb fourth place - what's the process towards that?

I'm deep into winter training at the moment and then off to warmer weathers straight after the team launch on January 4.

The season begins for most of us in February - January for some at the Tour Down Under - so it's a pretty long, steady process building up to July, it doesn't just happen overnight.

And will your schedule be similar to last year?

I'll be quite busy again but it will be a different kind of racing.

I won't be involved in a lot of the [Spring] Classics, it will be more Tour-orientated this year. It's a good programme which starts with Bessèges in early February.

I'll again be riding in the Giro but very much as preparation for the Tour. However in this kind of team, there will be someone at the Giro who's there for a performance and there'll be a job to be done for the team. It'll be exciting to have a job to do still but not have the pressure to perform yourself.

And looking back at last year's Tour de France, what was the key to that incredible performance?

Everything, especially the whole switching focus from the track to the road.

I just never really knew what I was capable of to be honest. I never really gave myself the opportunity to do that. Even a year ago I never would have imagined being there and a lot of people wouldn't so who knows what another year holds.

If I'm ever going to do something really special in the Tour it will be in this team, with these people around me. I think we can go even further with it, I really believe that.

For my part I've just to got be as good as I can be in July. The Tour is difficult to put a placing on because so much can happen in three weeks but we are going to have a super-strong team and I'm going to be fitter and better than last year - other than that, the rest of it takes shape itself really.

And will it be different this year, being more of a marked man?

Mentally, in terms of pressure, I'm not really too fussed. I just enjoy it and try and do it with a smile on my face.

We'll go in there and do the best we can do and whether that's a win or a second, or a third or a fourth again, who knows. But it won't be for the want of trying and going through the whole process of trying to be the best.

I think a lot of things go into winning a Tour de France and one of them is having a strong team and the best team. And I think we're certainly going to have that this year.

And what does the Tour mean to you?

I've got so much respect for the race and the sport - I grew up as a fan of the sport. I remember at a young age watching the Tour de France on the telly. My first memory is of watching Greg LeMond coming down the Champs-Elysées to win by eight seconds. I just fell in love with it from there. I started riding a bike, started racing on the track and never really looked back. It's been part of my life ever since.

And the men to beat this year have got to be headed by Alberto Contador...

Contador has proved he's the best on so many occasions now. I think we'll have a stronger team than him overall but as an individual he's obviously the best climber in the world. He's the man to beat and we'll have to challenge him and see what we can do.

But the 2010 Tour isn't going to be won purely in the mountains. That first week is quite difficult with the cobble stages in the north. There could really be some crosswind days too. It's going to be a difficult Tour all round.

Despite what a few people have said in the press, the Tour last year wasn't flat by any means - it did go up a few climbs!

This year's route may well be harder but the harder it is, the harder it is for everyone. It will certainly favour Andy Schleck and Alberto more but then that first week definitely won't. So we'll just get in there and see what happens.

You've rightly received the plaudits for your performance in last year's Tour, but what Lance Armstrong did was pretty special too wasn't it?

What he did was amazing really. Coming back from three or four years away from the sport and to run third in the Tour - I don't think a lot of the riders expected that from him.

It was pretty incredible to do that and I'm sure he'll be looking to go even better this year. He's in a new team too - so it's going to be pretty exciting all round next year.

And nowhere will that interest be higher than in Britain, which must be special for you?

You can see the interest has gone up. The track interest has risen over the last few years and then obviously the success last year on the road with myself and Mark [Cavendish] at the Tour, there's added interest from that.

Getting a Sky pro team on the road has created a whole new kind of audience for road cycling in this country. The Skyrides have taken off and we've seen massive numbers at those. It's just exciting times and success breeds success - hopefully we can continue that at the Tour this year.

(Bradley was talking to Jonathan Turner)