Lo Squalo Dello Stretto discussion thread

[Zam_Olyas]

Just speculation coming from RaiSport2...I don't think we'll know anything before the end of the Tour de France on that subject matter...moreover people here in Italy keep on saying GEOX is going to replace LIQUIGAS as main sponsor at the end of the season, so completely new horizons are being traced...

Yep big rumour about Geox coming back.

 

[Caruut]

Yep big rumour about Geox coming back.

Maybe they've done some background research into who their money is going to this time.

 

[whittashau]

Surely Liquigas or whatever they'll soon be known as are not silly enough to let Nibali go

 

[Parrulo]

They shouldn't let him go, as good as sagan is the italians won't support liqui if it isn't led by an italian rider and basso won't last much longer so i think they are making a big mistake if they do let nibali go.

I also hope the geox rumours are fake. . . the way they dropped their sponsortship last year doesn't make them a reliable IMHO.

 

[Pippo_San]

They shouldn't let him go, as good as sagan is the italians won't support liqui if it isn't led by an italian rider and basso won't last much longer so i think they are making a big mistake if they do let nibali go.

I also hope the geox rumours are fake. . . the way they dropped their sponsortship last year doesn't make them a reliable IMHO.

Truth to be to told, they really were committed to a Pro Team, the thing is they felt screwed by Matxin&Giannetti...surely you can't say it was classy the way they packed the things up and went away, but you can't also forget if they could they would've pulled from sponsorship even at the start of the year, so I'm sure the employees could've at least felt it was in the air well before the official decision

 

[cineteq]

Lo Squalo will not be with Liquigas next year:

"Vincenzo Nibali no continuará al lado de Roberto Amadio en la temporada 2013, tal y como ha reconocido el manager italiano a TuttoBici. Por ahora, lo squalo dello stretto no ha firmado con ningún equipo, pero Astana y BMC parecen los más interesados en firmar al ganador de la última Tirreno Adriático."

http://biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=50915

 

[El Pistolero]

Truth to be to told, they really were committed to a Pro Team, the thing is they felt screwed by Matxin&Giannetti...surely you can't say it was classy the way they packed the things up and went away, but you can't also forget if they could they would've pulled from sponsorship even at the start of the year, so I'm sure the employees could've at least felt it was in the air well before the official decision

Pippo to Liquigas then.

 

[Carols]

Lo Squalo will not be with Liquigas next year:

"Vincenzo Nibali no continuará al lado de Roberto Amadio en la temporada 2013, tal y como ha reconocido el manager italiano a TuttoBici. Por ahora, lo squalo dello stretto no ha firmado con ningún equipo, pero Astana y BMC parecen los más interesados en firmar al ganador de la última Tirreno Adriático."

http://biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=50915

OMG...not seeing him in Liqi kit will be a shock. But I'll follow him wherever he goes...I follow riders (just about all of them LOL) not teams!

 

[dlwssonic]

What BMC interested in nibali????
LOL
Looking for a replacement for cadel I guess but cadel will still be pretty competitive for a few more years I can tell you that.

 

[Froome19]

What BMC interested in nibali????
LOL
Looking for a replacement for cadel I guess but cadel will still be pretty competitive for a few more years I can tell you that.

Thor Hushovd is still competitive. So is Vino.
That doesnt mean they can still win the WC or a GT.

 

[profff]

liqui offered 1,8 million euro , astana and bmc are offering 2,5 million euros

 

[Parrulo]

liqui offered 1,8 million euro , astana and bmc are offering 2,5 million euros

As much as i wanted him to stay at liqui, the difference in money is huge, so it's understandable. i hope he chooses astana over BMC tho.

 

[Gregory]

Nibali never received the support and respect from the Liquigas that he deserved. The way the team was managed, made it clear that they cared only for Basso.
Before deciding where to move, he should watch Kreuziger in the Giro. If he fails one more time, Nibali should choose Astana where he would be undisputed leader. If not, then BMC, cause Cadel may fade more quickly than most realize

 

[killswitch]

Nibali never received the support and respect from the Liquigas that he deserved. The way the team was managed, made it clear that they cared only for Basso.
Before deciding where to move, he should watch Kreuziger in the Giro. If he fails one more time, Nibali should choose Astana where he would be undisputed leader. If not, then BMC, cause Cadel may fade more quickly than most realize

Liqui have supported him most of the time imo, but this year he won't have any fresh domestiques for the Tour (bar Sarmiento?) + the money could have swayed him.

 

[theyoungest]

What BMC interested in nibali????
LOL
Looking for a replacement for cadel I guess but cadel will still be pretty competitive for a few more years I can tell you that.

Your opinion of Nibali will soon change, and you'll predict him as the future winner of every race

 

[airstream]

But Nibali won't have a better support anywhere else. Though this season is a real big time for him and he wants to provide himself maximally. One should understand him in this regard.

 

[karlboss]

But Nibali won't have a better support anywhere else. Though this season is a real big time for him and he wants to provide himself maximally. One should understand him in this regard.

The support Astana could give him is on a par, if you've dropped kiserlovski, Tiralongo etc you have really thinned out a bunch. Or put it the other way around, the number of people that either of those 2 could thin out is substantial.
The only real exception is if Basso rides for Nibali, which I haven't seen him do, though I'm really hoping it happens at the tour.

 

[phanatic]

But Nibali won't have a better support anywhere else.

Well, one place, and it worked for Sastre.

 

[dlwssonic]

Lol if nibali went to saxo he would have to ride with the best grand tour rider. He will never get any chance in the tour.