- Jul 16, 2010
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From the Secret Pro:
"On to the race action. As we all know Vincenzo Nibali took home the leader’s jersey but in the eyes of many in the peloton, he’s not the true champion we’d want from a Grand Tour. I won’t go too deep on the details, but he’s one rider that needs to realise that to get respect, you have to give respect.
Unfortunately when you’re a winner and have as many UCI points as he does you can get away with being a *** — you don’t have to worry about teams not wanting you for being disrespectful and difficult. It doesn’t teach you to be respectful.
When Nibali took the leader’s jersey, I think the majority of the peloton was rooting for Esteban Chaves, or hoping for a miracle from the strongest man in the race, Steven Kruijswijk.
Nibali not stopping after Kruijswijk crashed was, in my eyes, out of order. I read somewhere that he was already planning to attack on the descent, but either way, you respect the race leader, and he didn’t. If it hadn’t been for Kruijswijk’s crash Nibali never would have won. It’s not just fair to say that, it’s downright true.
In an ideal world it would have been great for teams to have banded together and stopped Nibali from taking the win, but this isn’t an ideal world, and teams or even riders working together for the “greater good” doesn’t happen very often. And that’s not just in a race-winning situation, but with regards to how the whole infrastructure and safety of our sport is set up."
Man, what a moron. He calls Nibali a *** for not waiting after Kruijswijk crashed (because of his own mistake) and then praises Esteban Chaves and he hoped (together with the rest of the peloton, or so he claims) the latter would have won instead... So Nibali is a *** for not waiting, but Chaves isn't? If Nibali had waited Valverde would have caught up with him and he would have wasted a lot of energy on the Coll d'Agnello for nothing. This secret pro just sounds like a cowardice loser who hates Italian, French and Spanish cyclists. Or mainland Europeans in general. I hope they find out who he is some day, he'll end up in a ditch by the Shark.
"On to the race action. As we all know Vincenzo Nibali took home the leader’s jersey but in the eyes of many in the peloton, he’s not the true champion we’d want from a Grand Tour. I won’t go too deep on the details, but he’s one rider that needs to realise that to get respect, you have to give respect.
Unfortunately when you’re a winner and have as many UCI points as he does you can get away with being a *** — you don’t have to worry about teams not wanting you for being disrespectful and difficult. It doesn’t teach you to be respectful.
When Nibali took the leader’s jersey, I think the majority of the peloton was rooting for Esteban Chaves, or hoping for a miracle from the strongest man in the race, Steven Kruijswijk.
Nibali not stopping after Kruijswijk crashed was, in my eyes, out of order. I read somewhere that he was already planning to attack on the descent, but either way, you respect the race leader, and he didn’t. If it hadn’t been for Kruijswijk’s crash Nibali never would have won. It’s not just fair to say that, it’s downright true.
In an ideal world it would have been great for teams to have banded together and stopped Nibali from taking the win, but this isn’t an ideal world, and teams or even riders working together for the “greater good” doesn’t happen very often. And that’s not just in a race-winning situation, but with regards to how the whole infrastructure and safety of our sport is set up."
Man, what a moron. He calls Nibali a *** for not waiting after Kruijswijk crashed (because of his own mistake) and then praises Esteban Chaves and he hoped (together with the rest of the peloton, or so he claims) the latter would have won instead... So Nibali is a *** for not waiting, but Chaves isn't? If Nibali had waited Valverde would have caught up with him and he would have wasted a lot of energy on the Coll d'Agnello for nothing. This secret pro just sounds like a cowardice loser who hates Italian, French and Spanish cyclists. Or mainland Europeans in general. I hope they find out who he is some day, he'll end up in a ditch by the Shark.