Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

[maxmartin]

Haha like I said Nibali worked extremely hard in the winter for his TT ablibilty. But still he only wants to limit his loss to the minimum on long ITT against F. In order to beat F, N needs to gain time on the slope, let it be upward or downward. One weakness of the F is the SKY team this years maybe is not as strong as the SKY team in the previous two years while Nibali on paper should have stronger team members. But we will see, maybe Richie will have a resurrection just in time for the Tour.

 

[Pippo_San]

Nibali will podium but just not on the top 2 places though not thru a lack of effort. To win he needs Pereiro's Luck[/B]

Most ridiculous sentence ever on this forum.
Even disrespectful of a great champ if I can say: the Shark has the skills and the big cojones needed.

 

[jens_attacks]

ok when i saw intermediate time of today's itt i was like damn, i need a new avatar. nibali is just too awesome

 

[jens_attacks]

is it true that nibali said on rai that he missed a corner and he lost good time there?

makes sense if it's true. he lost too much on the last part

 

[MBotero]

I always hate Nibali after that bland Vuelta 2010 win,the one that was in Anton pocket before the crash.Giro 2013 changed my opinion about the guy and i hope he will challenge Froome at TDF and if he's going to win no hard feelings.So if the alien don't deliver,Nibbs for the win.

 

[Rollthedice]

is it true that nibali said on rai that he missed a corner and he lost good time there?

makes sense if it's true. he lost too much on the last part

Didn't find any about it but he said the headwind was very strong. He's very happy with the performance, he's under no stress and as usual, he's tranquillo.
The usual day by day approach so let's see what's gonna be tomorrow!

 

[ILovecycling]

Didnt expect this.Bravo Vincenzo!
I think he will be ready comes july.

 

[cineteq]

Lo Squalo looking like a champion, perhaps in his best form this year.

 

[maxmartin]

Lo Squalo looking like a champion, perhaps in his best form this year.

Not best yet, i hope Nibali will not yield to those non-result nonsense, stick to his original Tour building up plan.

The key aspects of the training were strength work in the gym, time trial bike, pedaling cadence and racing weight, Slongo told Gazzetta dello Sport journalist Ciro Scognamiglio, warning that Nibali might not competitive with Froome and Contador at the D, due to the decisive Tour mountain stages are still several weeks away.

"It won't be a problem if there's a gap between (Vincenzo) and his rivals in the finale of stages. I love to work gradually and his 'high-end' work has not yet been polished as it should be," Slongo said.

 

[maxmartin]

The key aspects of the training were strength work in the gym, time trial bike, pedaling cadence and racing weight, Slongo told Gazzetta dello Sport journalist Ciro Scognamiglio, warning that Nibali might not competitive with Froome and Contador at the Crit

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Watched a replay of yesterdays tt. He was flying! To bad about missing that corner and loosing time, I thought for a second there that he might get a top 5 which would be fantastic.

 

[Kwibus]

Good to see Nibali doing well again. Allthough this is just a very short TT, so not much can be sid about it really.

I really really hope he shows up with great form at the TdF. Normally Froome and Contador are a step anove him, but Nibali does have big cojones and together with great form he will always try to winor attack whenpossible.

 

[SafeBet]

Watched a replay of yesterdays tt. He was flying! To bad about missing that corner and loosing time, I thought for a second there that he might get a top 5 which would be fantastic.

You got a video of his whole performance? I haven't seen the missed corner anywhere.

 

[rhubroma]

His performance was the best response imaginable following the days of controversy. Let's see how the Squalo fairs on today's MTF. Bravo Nibali!

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

You got a video of his whole performance? I haven't seen the missed corner anywhere.

The missed corner I got from an intervju someone posted in the race thread (it might be bull****, I don't know )
you can download the stage from http://www.cyclingtorrents.nl/

 

[SafeBet]

The missed corner I got from an intervju someone posted in the race thread (it might be bull****, I don't know )
you can download the stage from http://www.cyclingtorrents.nl/

Yeah I've seen the race but they didn't show Nibali until the final 2-3 km, that's why I was asking.

 

[whittashau]

Worrisome again today. Hopefully Nibbles just is trying to peak like crazy for the Tour and disregarding everything else.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Worrisome again today. Hopefully Nibbles just is trying to peak like crazy for the Tour and disregarding everything else.

Slongo knows what he is doing with Nibbles. Don't worry

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Luckily Nibali didn't get beaten by Anton today.

Lots of work to do.

 

[SeriousSam]

disappointed. i knew it was always going to be extremely unlikely but a small part of me had hoped neither froome nor contador would win the tour. will be a race for 3rd for nibali

 

[maxmartin]

disappointed. i knew it was always going to be extremely unlikely but a small part of me had hoped neither froome nor contador would win the tour. will be a race for 3rd for nibali

I am very happy. Nibali sticks to his plan, he was never super competitive in the Dauphine. And obviously he is not in his best shape yet, and that is the plan.

The key aspects of the training were strength work in the gym, time trial bike, pedaling cadence and racing weight, Slongo told Gazzetta dello Sport journalist Ciro Scognamiglio, warning that Nibali might not competitive with Froome and Contador at the D, due to the decisive Tour mountain stages are still several weeks away.

"It won't be a problem if there's a gap between (Vincenzo) and his rivals in the finale of stages. I love to work gradually and his 'high-end' work has not yet been polished as it should be," Slongo said

 

[SeriousSam]

that's just PR though, he'd say that even if it werent true. i hope nibali does whatever necessary to truly challenge for 1st, as opposed to 3rd

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Based on today I think Nibali is looking good actually. He's had way worse performances just before the TDF.
But it's hard to imagine him following Contador/Froome. We'll see.

 

[hfer07]

As i wrote on the Stage thread- Froome, Contador, Kelderman, Talansky & VdB were pushing really hard, while Nibbs just "cruised" - they dropped him & he kept cruising to get back up to them again and again- last 500 mts it was the last acceleration while he just crossed the line cruising.......

he looks good

 

[Pentacycle]

For now I think he can ride like in 2009 in this Tour, but to win he'll need to be at either 2007 or 2013 level in climbing. Taking time in GB and northern France is still a possibility though. And still anything can happen.