Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

[maxmartin]

Nibali will win the MTT

most likely, even he couldn't win the gap between Wiggins and him will be merely a few seconds

 

[jens_attacks]

nobody will touch garzelli on the polsa MTT!

 

[Jelantik]

Brailsford promises to attack Nibali in the coming days.

“Today was interesting to see that when Bradley was coming back on they were riding hard but then they isolated Vincenzo in the end and I think they’ll have to have a look at that because it could leave the opportunities open to attack, which is what we’re going to do.”


“We’ll just be aggressive. We know how difficult it is to defend a jersey and we also know what we don’t like, so we’ll know what to do to make it as aggressive as possible. This race is a long way from being over,” he said, adding that the presence of Uran and Henao in the top ten overall was a positive for Wiggins.


“It gives you options and defending against too many options is always difficult. So I think that’s the thing from our point of view, we’ve got different cards to play,” he said.

maybe we finally see what wiggins so called "new climbing skill" *sarcasm*

 

[cineteq]

Brailsford promises to attack Nibali in the coming days.

What a clown. Henao is the only one who can do anything. Wiggins chances will end, once and for all, on next stage.

 

[Jelantik]

interview excerpt from Astana DS:

“We are happy Wiggins is still okay, he’s more of an ally for us. If he was further back, I’d be more worried, to tell you the truth,” Martinelli said. “The team might start to play with Sergio Henao and Rigoberto Urán. Instead, Wiggins is still the leader and there’s more tranquility.

Maybe astana knows that they got wiggins's number on the wet descent. Maybe a reason why they didn't finish off wiggins on today's stage. Sounds like Henao or Uran is more likely to create tons of headache for Astana.

 

[maxmartin]

interview excerpt from Astana DS:

“We are happy Wiggins is still okay, he’s more of an ally for us. If he was further back, I’d be more worried, to tell you the truth,” Martinelli said. “The team might start to play with Sergio Henao and Rigoberto Urán. Instead, Wiggins is still the leader and there’s more tranquility.

Maybe astana knows that they got wiggins's number on the wet descend. Maybe a reason why they don't finished off wiggins on today's stage. Sounds like Henao or Uran is more likely to create tons of headache for Astana

haha, Wiggins probably will be extremely mad if he read this interview

 

[maxmartin]

Kangert told to Estonian media that in the last 80 km's he was really struggling with the cold and cause of that the race was much harder than he excpeted.

He also said that he couldn't get warmer clothes from the car cause the team got some kind of penalty stage ago so the team car was last in the line?

from Samson

Yeah Nibbles told the same thing to RAI today.
Astana got a penalty in Pescara stage after Nibbles crash (he didn't say why though) hence the team car was stuck behind all other cars.

from SafeBet

 

[Ruudz0r]

Who was the astana rider that crashed in the descent? I thought maybe that was Aru and that would explain his time loss.

 

[Pelevin]

I'm wondering about placing a bet on Nibali for the Tour though it seems his long odds of 33/1 reflect the likelihood Nibali won't even race the Tour. What do people think are the chances of him entering it with a real & realistic view to winning?

 

[dhawk97]

Prediction of final GC:

Nibali 1st
Scarponi 2nd
Gesink/Hesjedal 3rd

Hesjedel? He's f****d it.

Astana need attacking, whether its BMC, Lampre or Sky (or Blanco,,,). I don't think they could hold it for long, and Vinnie will be isolated. If Sky and Wiggo get their act together, find Vincenzo isolated, drive the train up so hard, we could see Nibali lose out. But I dont think this will happen. Giro over

 

[Flamin]

Who was the astana rider that crashed in the descent? I thought maybe that was Aru and that would explain his time loss.

Gruzdev.

10

 

[SafeBet]

I'm wondering about placing a bet on Nibali for the Tour though it seems his long odds of 33/1 reflect the likelihood Nibali won't even race the Tour. What do people think are the chances of him entering it with a real & realistic view to winning?

0,00001% chances of doing the Tour.
0,00000000001% chances of winning it.

WC is his goal for the second part of the season. Hence he'll go to the Vuelta.

 

[Pentacycle]

What a clown. Henao is the only one who can do anything. Wiggins chances will end, once and for all, on next stage.

You're really fanboying around here, preferring a more or less neutralized race from now on. Don't you want to see some great attacks by Wiggo, or another random GC contender? You know, something which any true cycling fan would appreciate.

 

[Pelevin]

0,00001% chances of doing the Tour.
0,00000000001% chances of winning it.

WC is his goal for the second part of the season. Hence he'll go to the Vuelta.

THanks for that. Oh well.

 

[cineteq]

You're really fanboying around here, preferring a more or less neutralized race from now on. Don't you want to see some great attacks by Wiggo, or another random GC contender? You know, something which any true cycling fan would appreciate.

If you were paying attention to the race from the beginning you would've dismissed Sir Wiggo as a contender by now. Yes, I do want to see competition - I'm a fan of Evans, Gesink and Henao too.

 

[JimPanzen]

If you were paying attention to the race from the beginning you would've dismissed Sir Wiggo as a contender by now.

Now that's total bs. I'm not saying Wiggins is gonna crush it, but saying he is out of contention is pathetic.

 

[Netserk]

Now that's total bs. I'm not saying Wiggins is gonna crush it, but saying he is out of contention is pathetic.

He is. (out of contention that is)

 

[Pentacycle]

If you were paying attention to the race from the beginning you would've dismissed Sir Wiggo as a contender by now. Yes, I do want to see competition - I'm a fan of Evans, Gesink and Henao too.

Wiggins is still a contender, even if he doesn't deserve to win based on the past week. I too realize he hasn't shown any sign of improvement, but it's still last year's Tour winner we're talking about. Nibali realizes this as well.

 

[webvan]

Now that's total bs. I'm not saying Wiggins is gonna crush it, but saying he is out of contention is pathetic.

Our biased friend baselessly declared from the get go that Wiggins would be DNF...so that tells you the value that should be attributed to the "comment" you quoted.

 

[airstream]

If you were paying attention to the race from the beginning you would've dismissed Sir Wiggo as a contender by now. Yes, I do want to see competition - I'm a fan of Evans, Gesink and Henao too.

Sorry, we haven't seen the race and come to talk to you on here, right?

 

[maxmartin]

Wiggins is still a contender, even if he doesn't deserve to win based on the past week. I too realize he hasn't shown any sign of improvement, but it's still last year's Tour winner we're talking about. Nibali realizes this as well.

Just because he is a tour winner, so he is a contender? Judging book by the cover much?

 

[webbie146]

Last stage wiggins got brought back by sky. They where climbing, all the favorites at the front. Wiggo just keeps hanging on the back. If he felt good he would just ride to the front, so he could react to potential attacks. He did not. That tells something about his form atm.

 

[cineteq]

Last stage wiggins got brought back by sky. They where climbing, all the favorites at the front. Wiggo just keeps hanging on the back. If he felt good he would just ride to the front, so he could react to potential attacks. He did not. That tells something about his form atm.

This ˆˆˆ

airsteam & Pentacycle see what I mean about paying attention?

 

[hrotha]

You're really fanboying around here, preferring a more or less neutralized race from now on. Don't you want to see some great attacks by Wiggo, or another random GC contender? You know, something which any true cycling fan would appreciate.

"Great attacks by Wiggo"?

 

[Netserk]

"Great attacks by Wiggo"?

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