Nibali has a pretty decent prologue on him, I don't know what this says about his form. Remember in the Dauphine he also did an okay prologue.
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Nibali is among the best - at least behind Wiggo, Menchov & Evans, so he did good today. I think his real test will be the first ITT, but so far so good.
theyoungest said:
Oh you're right only 9 seconds behind Wiggo in Dauphine prologue.....
Well a Good Start none the less
Fearing Menchov will knock him off the podium Actually I wouldn't mind Wiggo being knocked off the podium by Evans/Menchov/Nibali LOL!
hfer07 said:
agree Nibali is always good at short ITT, the long ITT will be his real test. Also interesting to see how he handle short uphill finish. Quite a few seconds could be lost or gained there
maxmartin said:
I think he can gain some time there on Wiggo, after all he did great in LBL.
The real problem for him will be the first long time trial, i fear he will lose a lot of time there.
He's always been good or very good in prologues.
This tells little about his form.
Real test is the first ITT as many have said.
This tells little about his form.
Real test is the first ITT as many have said.
Peccio89 said:
i actually think on short uphill Nibali deos not have any advantage against Wiggins, Evans can drop both of them.
hfer07 said:
I think the first one will suit him- it is hilly.
The real test will come in the last one as he will have to go well on a flatter course.
maxmartin said:
Parrulo said:
Lolol spot on parrulo.
Nibali can gain time on wiggins on the short uphill finish.
Just see how wiggins has fared in some recent hill top finish.
Like on bretagne where wiggins got beaten by hushovd.
Peccio89 said:
He may be able to gain time on Wiggins but his LBL perfomance doesnt have anything to do with his explosiveness on an isolated hill finish such as todays. For that you should be looking at his perfomance at Fleche Wallone where he was strong but he didnt have the acceleration to keep with the top guns.. he still wasnt bad and should easily be able to beat a Wiggins who generally struggles on this type of finish, yet Wiggins has surprised us all this year so dont be surprised if he does manage to surprise us again..
greenedge said:
True, but on the last week gaps depend more on recovery than TT skills.
He's generally performed well in the last ITTs of the Giro.
Good stuff from Liqui Gas, boywonder delivered. As expected Nibali can't shake off Wiggins on short uphill.
maxmartin said:Good stuff from Liqui Gas, boywonder delivered. As expected Nibali can't shake off Wiggins on short uphill.
As expected, Nibali didn't try.
webbie146 said:Nibali is looking pretty good so far!
yep looking good for Nibali, but it is still a little early to tell. In last year Vuelta, Nibali also looked pretty good in the first few days. But I am most surprised how unimpressive SKY is in this stage
mb2612 said:
are you trying to use logic here?
maxmartin said:yep looking good for Nibali, but is is still a little early to tell. In last year Vuelta, Nibali also looked pretty good in the first few days. But I am most surprised how unimpressive SKY is in this stage
wrong nibali already looked weak on the thought uphill finishes before the proper mountains arrived, mostly on valdepenas de jaen the cobbled uphill finish where he lost nearly a minute to purito.
Parrulo said:are you trying to use logic here?
wrong nibali already looked weak on the thought uphill finishes before the proper mountains arrived, mostly on valdepenas de jaen the cobbled uphill finish where he lost nearly a minute to purito.
wow you are just saying random untrue things.
First, i am saying it is still too early to tell, it is only been two days.
Second, Nibilai was second overall in the first 4 stages 1 second behind leader. And on valdepenas de jaen the cobbled uphill he only lost 11 seconds to Purito, which is as expected. Short uphill finish is never the cup of tea for Nibali, i don't understand why people think Nibali can gain time on Wiggins on this kind of the terrain, I will put them on the same level.
http://road.cc/content/news/41200-v...rns-lesson-12-months-ago-win-valdepeñ-de-jaén
Nibbles should watch out for Basso's shadow...
Today he finished in the front group, 36th position. He looks definitely fit.
And on twitter he said after yesterday prologue: "#TdF2012 Every travel, also the longest, begins with the first step. A good start: for me and for the whole team. IB"
He couldn't care less for Nibbles, and will go for his own GC. You'll see.
Today he finished in the front group, 36th position. He looks definitely fit.
And on twitter he said after yesterday prologue: "#TdF2012 Every travel, also the longest, begins with the first step. A good start: for me and for the whole team. IB"
He couldn't care less for Nibbles, and will go for his own GC. You'll see.
Pippo_San said:
He would be quite ungenerous, that reminds me the duel Cunego-Scarponi, what an hilarious parody!
pretty much everybody knows that, but the real question is can Basso get ahead of Nibali? I am afraid not especially with Giro already in his legs.Pippo_San said:
maxmartin said:
so he lost 11 more seconds on purito then he had done in 2010 on exactly the same finish.
funny enough it doesn't seem like you watched the vuelta because valdepenas de jaen isn't the cobbled climb i was alking about. the cobbled climb is san lorenzo del escorial that purito also won and where nibali lost 32 seconds, which was already a major sign of weakness from him. if you don't believe it just search for that stage thread on check it yourself.
on form nibali is much better then wiggins on short steep stuff. today's finish wasn't hard enough to put a big attack.
Pippo_San said:
he doesn't care about nibali indeed but i really doubt he will be that strong
of course i'd be happy if it will happen
planche des belles filles will tell us some things
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