Doctor Emilio Magni explains – he suffers from a painful skin lesion located in the rider’s seat area. For preventive purposes and to facilitate a complete recovery in view of the next commitments, it was decided to withdraw from the raceSafeBet said:DNS stage 5.
It wasn't a good idea to ride Itzulia in the first place.
Nah man, I'm onto him.Gigs_98 said:We learn, riding the ronde as a preparation race is not a good idea.
In 2009 and 2015 he attacked from far out though.Netserk said:His best ever result in Amstel is 18th from 2009. So who knows?!
Summoned said:The only basis I have for the following opinion is that he was with Pellizotti taking a look at the cobbles for the TdF, but it seems like he may not be as focused on LBL as originally planned, especially since he won the MSR. But this is a very uninformed take on what is going on.
Climbing said:Recon of most of this year TdF pavè sections for Nibali and Pellizzotti.
https://twitter.com/Bahrain_Merida/status/985909399519711234
skippo12 said:Climbing said:Recon of most of this year TdF pavè sections for Nibali and Pellizzotti.
https://twitter.com/Bahrain_Merida/status/985909399519711234
He should have probably taken a more experienced cobbles rider with him. Pelizotti won`t be of much help during the stage. I wonder who will be choosen to guide Nibali through the cobbles. I really hope that they will select Haussler...he did an excellent job during the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Nibali himself is an expert when it comes to positioning in normal stages but when it comes to cobbles things are a little different...a veteran like Haussler would be the ideal `Capitaine de Route` for the cobbled stage.
He'll need a rider like Haussler. However, Nibali didn't just do better than the other GC-contenders, he did better than all those so called cobbled specialists apart from Boom.Koronin said:skippo12 said:Climbing said:Recon of most of this year TdF pavè sections for Nibali and Pellizzotti.
https://twitter.com/Bahrain_Merida/status/985909399519711234
He should have probably taken a more experienced cobbles rider with him. Pelizotti won`t be of much help during the stage. I wonder who will be choosen to guide Nibali through the cobbles. I really hope that they will select Haussler...he did an excellent job during the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Nibali himself is an expert when it comes to positioning in normal stages but when it comes to cobbles things are a little different...a veteran like Haussler would be the ideal `Capitaine de Route` for the cobbled stage.
I'm pretty sure Nibali did fairly well the last time cobbles were part of the Tour. If I remember right he did better than any of the other GC riders on that stage. Although for a recon it may have been wiser to bring someone like Haussler as well.
SafeBet said:He was fine in AGR, looked good until the final Cauberg and then probably didn't want to dig too deep, knowing he didn't have a chance anyway.
FW will tell us more.
Koronin said:skippo12 said:Climbing said:Recon of most of this year TdF pavè sections for Nibali and Pellizzotti.
https://twitter.com/Bahrain_Merida/status/985909399519711234
He should have probably taken a more experienced cobbles rider with him. Pelizotti won`t be of much help during the stage. I wonder who will be choosen to guide Nibali through the cobbles. I really hope that they will select Haussler...he did an excellent job during the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Nibali himself is an expert when it comes to positioning in normal stages but when it comes to cobbles things are a little different...a veteran like Haussler would be the ideal `Capitaine de Route` for the cobbled stage.
I'm pretty sure Nibali did fairly well the last time cobbles were part of the Tour. If I remember right he did better than any of the other GC riders on that stage. Although for a recon it may have been wiser to bring someone like Haussler as well.
SafeBet said:He was fine in AGR, looked good until the final Cauberg and then probably didn't want to dig too deep, knowing he didn't have a chance anyway.
FW will tell us more.