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ericthesportsman6 said:I think you're overrating the strength of Sky. One strong showing in the mountains does not make them invincible.
SantiBotero said:Simple job to Evans to win the Tour in my opinion.
If he continues his massive attacks in the last 300 meters of each stage and wins a second for each stage, in just 114 stages he will have the yellow jersey!
Oh boy Wiggo is playing with fire, did anybody tell him that Nibali is Sicilian? Does he know he's a direct descendant of Vito Corleone.Dekker_Tifosi said:Wiggins behaved 'respectless' against Nibali, according to Nibali
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...ts-out-at-wiggins-after-tour-frustration.html
Armanius said:I'd like to see Evans take the approach of "it's the yellow jersey or nothing" and go for broke for the rest of the TDF.
cineteq said:Oh boy Wiggo is playing with fire, did anybody tell him that Nibali is Sicilian? Does he know he's a descendant of Vito Corleone.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Wiggins behaved 'respectless' against Nibali, according to Nibali
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...ts-out-at-wiggins-after-tour-frustration.html
Dekker_Tifosi said:Wiggins behaved 'respectless' against Nibali, according to Nibali
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...ts-out-at-wiggins-after-tour-frustration.html
Moviefan1203 said:I think Evans cares about finishing as high up as he can in GC though. If he can't win, he'll want to be 2nd.
Hayabusa said:Fact is Nibali is not and will never be good enough to win the tour.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Wiggins behaved 'respectless' against Nibali, according to Nibali
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...ts-out-at-wiggins-after-tour-frustration.html
SafeBet said:I'ts beyond me how you can be sure about this when freaking Oscar Pereiro has won a TdF not longer than 6 years ago.
Plus Nibali is a better rider than Cadel was at his age.
I don't mind the taunting by Wiggins though. He enjoys playing the villain.
SafeBet said:I'ts beyond me how you can be sure about this when freaking Oscar Pereiro has won a TdF not longer than 6 years ago.
Plus Nibali is a better rider than Cadel was at his age.
I don't mind the taunting by Wiggins though. He enjoys playing the villain.
Hayabusa said:Pereiro "won" due to a long breakaway. Nibali would never be allowed such freedom, Nibali is a 4-10th place guy, occasionally might achieve more in situations such as this when Contador and Schleck aren't competing but he will never win a Tour.
He's not good enough, he's a talented cyclist but he lacks the top end that a guy like Contador has.
Did you know Michele and Andy are now proud GT winners?Hayabusa said:Fact is Nibali is not and will never be good enough to win the tour.
Warhawk said:Maybe, but Evans was a mountain biker at first, he only switched to road in mid-2000, when he was already 23 years old.
Nibali's been a professional for 7 years. Cadel had a 2nd in the TDF in his 6th year as a professional in 2006.
A lot of people are better than Cadel was at the same age. Not a lot of people are better than Cadel was with the same amount of experience.
SafeBet said:You're right.
In fact I'm not saying Nibali will be better than Cadel at 34 or 35. I'm saying you can't discard he will. And you can't be sure he'll never win a TdF, as previously stated by Hayabusa.