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Nibali's attitude towards Chavez parents was pure class.
Red Rick said:
Nibali's attitude towards Chavez parents was pure class.
Red Rick said:
lenric said:Red Rick said:
Nibali's attitude towards Chavez parents was pure class.
lenric said:Red Rick said:
Nibali's attitude towards Chavez parents was pure class.
Agreed! He was humble and gracious as well as Chavito's parents.lenric said:Red Rick said:
Nibali's attitude towards Chavez parents was pure class.
dfromdub said:lenric said:Red Rick said:
Nibali's attitude towards Chavez parents was pure class.
Yes, but do not forget that he whined when Contador mocked him on the Zoncolan '11, and that he also whined when Porte and Wiggins mocked in Tour '12, and whined after somebody made him crash at the Tour, and he only wins after other guys crash out, and he does not pay taxes, he's a comunist and he eats babies.
SeriousSam said:With Nibali's Giro victory imminent, it now is the time to dispassionately document the context of the race. Here's what I have so far.
- Landa withdraw with illness. Owing to his superior climbing ability and his surprisingly good ITT, he was the favourite for the Giro at the time of his exit.
- SK crashed. He had displayed superior climbing ability up to the crash and was the prohibitive favourite for the Giro at the time of his crash.
Any further context future generations will want to be aware of?
portugal11 said:He didn't deserve this giro, in stage 18, he blocked kruisjvick when valverde was attacking and this show that he was defeated and finished. In stage 19, god give him a present and he didn't anything to deserve that
SeriousSam said:With Nibali's Giro victory imminent, it now is the time to dispassionately document the context of the race. Here's what I have so far.
- Landa withdraw with illness. Owing to his superior climbing ability and his surprisingly good ITT, he was the favourite for the Giro at the time of his exit.
- SK crashed. He had displayed superior climbing ability up to the crash and was the prohibitive favourite for the Giro at the time of his crash.
Any further context future generations will want to be aware of?
rafaelalencar said:My theory is that Nibali won the Giro because before he wasn't riding too hard. Chavez was, Kruiswjk was and Nibali was "sucking" a lot.
But, this situation made him the freshened and rested of all the GT contenders. Chavez was more tired than Nibali following Kruiswjk and the others and Kruiswjk is wounded so he wasn't anymore a real contender, it's a miracle that with a broken rib he finished the race!
If Kruiswjk didn't crash I really believe that he would win this Giro. But Kruiswjk can't blame anyone except himself, it was his mistake, that it's.
Nibali was luck, he thought that his Giro was over so he was not going to deep before yesterday but even great champions sometimes needs lady luck! Chapeau Nibali!
Agree: his ITT was atrocious. No contender would ever take it easy on an ITT, lose close to two minutes on everybody that counts, to stay fresher than the rest.rhubroma said:rafaelalencar said:My theory is that Nibali won the Giro because before he wasn't riding too hard. Chavez was, Kruiswjk was and Nibali was "sucking" a lot.
But, this situation made him the freshened and rested of all the GT contenders. Chavez was more tired than Nibali following Kruiswjk and the others and Kruiswjk is wounded so he wasn't anymore a real contender, it's a miracle that with a broken rib he finished the race!
If Kruiswjk didn't crash I really believe that he would win this Giro. But Kruiswjk can't blame anyone except himself, it was his mistake, that it's.
Nibali was luck, he thought that his Giro was over so he was not going to deep before yesterday but even great champions sometimes needs lady luck! Chapeau Nibali!
But how does that square with attacking and getting caught, then getting dropped after having attacked, then getting stomped on the MTT? He had some issue, which obviously was overcome. But SK crashing changed everything. Nibali still would have performed exceptionally mind you in the last 2 stages, but not enough to win.
Bike racing is the strongest guy wins, normally, but that is not always the case. Hinault said as much.
SeriousSam said:With Nibali's Giro victory imminent, it now is the time to dispassionately document the context of the race. Here's what I have so far.
- Landa withdraw with illness. Owing to his superior climbing ability and his surprisingly good ITT, he was the favourite for the Giro at the time of his exit.
- SK crashed. He had displayed superior climbing ability up to the crash and was the prohibitive favourite for the Giro at the time of his crash.
Any further context future generations will want to be aware of?
Let the discussion startKing Boonen said:Greatest GT rider of his generation does it again.
Pretty much, I've had this discussion with KB before. And frankly, I think its ludicrous - in terms of GC-racing, Contador is at least one level above Nibali, no matter how great of a rider Nibali is.Gigs_98 said:Let the discussion startKing Boonen said:Greatest GT rider of his generation does it again.
Let me guess: Monument wins are more important for you and because Nibali is a gt rider and won a monument he is the greater gt rider than Contador although Contador has more gt wins?![]()
Tonton said:I agree with Serious Sam that Nibali was very lucky, between Landa's illness and more crucial, SK's crash. He should never have won this Giro. But hats off to him for not giving up, fighting to the bitter end: that's the mark of a true champion.
I still believe that Nibbles' on the decline: he should have won by 5 minutes at least considering the opposition. But a win is a win is a win. Spectacular stage, great team tactics, wow! Bravo Il Squalo!