Red Rick
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QTF True champion, rather blow up than going down without a fightSafeBet said:Forgive me for doubting you Squalo. You're a hero.
QTF True champion, rather blow up than going down without a fightSafeBet said:Forgive me for doubting you Squalo. You're a hero.
so much weight hurts your climbinb abilitiesVino attacks everyone said:cojones on the sieze of Sicilia for sure
Vino allways approves of attacking.Red Rick said:Also, Vino approves
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Most definitely! +1.Rollthedice said:For me he's the winner here. Same as Quintana in TdF.
but with the extra weight it explains why he can descend so wellRed Rick said:so much weight hurts your climbinb abilities![]()
Nobody in the right mind would have predicted the superhuman abilities of a 42 year old man with no background in GTs. Stage 10, Alto Hazzalanas, when Horner attacked, Nibali was watching Valverde and Purito and he responded too late. Thinking back, he lost 43 sec there although if he would have followed I'm sure he would've finished with Horner. But it was too early and nobody cared about Horner. Also, there were no descents that could make a difference in the whole tour. But then again, Horner put in a performance out of this world.Dekker_Tifosi said:No.
He wasn't the strongest uphill. Horner was.
Nibali had the accelerations but couldn't keep the pace as steady as he did in the Giro. Unfortunately missing those 15/20watts he needed to win the race.
2 GT's in one year is still very hard. But he came awfully close. At least he gave it everything he had which is fantastic to see. Without him the Vuelta would have been boring.
Those are trolls. And you need to just pack the ignore list with their names.Angliru said:I would hope that all those that questioned why Nibali gets so much love here will now understand. Great battle on a great stage.
mmm I think he was already in the listRed Rick said:At least Ryo is happy to have one extra rider he can "officially" call a better climber than Nibali