Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

[bob.a.feet]

This is such bad news

 

[bambino]

This Tour is over for me. So sad and angry for him.

Wonder how the hell he rode those last km's so fast having fracture on his back. Mental.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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This Tour is over for me. So sad and angry for him.

Wonder how the hell he rode those last km's so fast having fracture on his back. Mental.

Adrenaline. Also the group ahead slowed. People can do surprising things with fractured vertebrae - look at Martin last year.

Anyway, get well soon Vincenzo.

 

[bajbar]

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This Tour is over for me. So sad and angry for him.

Wonder how the hell he rode those last km's so fast having fracture on his back. Mental.

Well, Dan Martin apparently rode 11 stages last year with two broken vertebrae and finished in 6th place while attacking practically every day. They did realise he had a fracture after the race though...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Any indication of how long he is out? He was my favorite for the worlds

 

[Koronin]

I so sad he got hurt like that. Get well soon. I'm guessing this means at best the Worlds and Lombardi are maybe options for the end of the year for him.

 

[bambino]

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Any indication of how long he is out? He was my favorite for the worlds

Somebody above said 15 days off bike. Not sure how long it actually takes to train properly again. 15 days does not sound too bad even for Vuelta, but I doubt he will recover for that. Worlds should be still doable though, but the prep is now far from optimal.

 

[jmdirt]

F!

 

[Kwibus]

Gutted! I really think Nibali would have played his role in the 3rd week. He looked really good today.

Damn...

 

[Rollthedice]

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Any indication of how long he is out? He was my favorite for the worlds

Goes home tomorrow, at least 15 days no bike, further tests most probably with the specialists he and the team trust. We can only speculate that he will be at the worlds, how well prepared with this pause and without the Vuelta, no idea.

 

[SafeBet]

I think the only way to be ready for the Worlds is riding the Vuelta, which starts in 5 weeks. I guess it depends on how severely the vertebrae is broken. If it's a minor fracture it shouldn't be a problem. He would start the Vuelta undercooked and then be in top shape by the end of it.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Nibs didn't even have time to have some fun.
Just hard work for nothing.

Damn that sky train!

 

[Red Rick]

Good that he abandons right after injury though. After 11 days of Tour, you shouldn't start from absolute scrap after 15 days.

 

[Rollthedice]

It's the third stage race he has to abandon this year. Maybe I'm wrong but until this year I don't think he ever abandoned a stage race in his career

 

[Laplaz]

I would say a Vuelta start is not impossible. Would be the best way to prepare the Worlds.

 

[Lequack]

Nibali crash from another angle, spectator video:
https://twitter.com/LeGruppetto/status/1020050957525311494

 

[Brullnux]

Such terrible news. I've missed the last two stages but he seemed in strong shape. Really dampened my day. Hope he gets better asap and wins the worlds.

 

[Rollthedice]

No moto then just idiot fans, no proper security. It doesn't really matter now, the damage is done.

 

[markene2]

This sucks, hope he recovers well and can ride the Vuelta and Worlds

 

[DNP-Old]

 

[Carols]

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No moto then just idiot fans, no proper security. It doesn't really matter now, the damage is done.

Yeah it wasn't a moto it was people in the street

 

[Lequack]

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Looks like a camera strap.

 

[bambino]

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No moto then just idiot fans, no proper security. It doesn't really matter now, the damage is done.

Yeah it wasn't a moto it was people in the street

Looks like a flag in the back wheel.

Edit: or some sort of strap indeed.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Ah some stupid Dutch drunken guy dressed as smurf.

Sorry guys. These guys are normally the football fans. They only go to the Alpe d'Huez to drink and forget about the team not qualifying for the worlds.
Sorry Nibali had to get caught up in this

 

[May0maniac]

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Ah some stupid Dutch drunken guy dressed as smurf.

Sorry guys. These guys are normally the football fans. They only go to the Alpe d'Huez to drink and forget about the team not qualifying for the worlds.
Sorry Nibali had to get caught up in this

Not really different from the Italian idiots that you often see on the Zoncolan, just even more of them.
I think we need more barriers on big MTFs at the Tour and there have to be real consequences for the idiots who run alongside the cyclists/come waaay to close.