Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

[SHAD0W93]

very cool of Nibali to ride roubaix. the bag might be full of GT wins, but it still has some space left for monuments.

Honestly if he wins Roubaix it’d be crazier that he hasn’t gotten LBL. So close that year.

 

[yaco]

It would be great if both Nibali and Valverde rode Roubaix in 2022.

 

[Blanco]

It would be great if both Nibali and Valverde rode Roubaix in 2022.

Not going to happen, but they could both ride Il Giro...

 

[TourOfSardinia]

2022 Monument Domino Theory

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Happy Birthday to the greatest rider of the 21st century

 

[Ivan_Basso_77]

Buon Compleanno Campione. Eagerly waiting for your future performances. Make your fans proud once again.

 

[Rollthedice]

 

[Rollthedice]

Johnny Carera, Nibali's agent (and Pogacar's) suffered a bad accident on a highway in Italy when his Porsche collided with a lorry with Polish plates, which was driving on the wrong side of the freeway. The collision between the two vehicles was very violent, some witnesses said, and the 56-year-old Swiss man was trapped in his car; the fire brigade had to intervene to free him. He is now in intensive care in a hospital in Milan in serious condition.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Giro + Tour it is (sigh)
it says here in italiano

Nibali infaticabile: nel 2022 ancora Giro e Tour nella stessa stagione

Anche quest’anno lo Squalo ha fatto i primi due grandi giri della stagione. Alla Corsa Rosa sarà il leader con Lopez; nella Grande Boucle, affiancherà Lutsenko e Moscon. Debutto alla Vuelta Valenciana il 2 febbraio. Per il messinese, che ha 37 anni, sarà la 18a stagione da professionista

www.gazzetta.it

Nibali returns to race Giro and Tour in the same season after three years ...

 

[Red Rick]

Giro + Tour it is (sigh)
it says here in italiano

Nibali infaticabile: nel 2022 ancora Giro e Tour nella stessa stagione

Anche quest’anno lo Squalo ha fatto i primi due grandi giri della stagione. Alla Corsa Rosa sarà il leader con Lopez; nella Grande Boucle, affiancherà Lutsenko e Moscon. Debutto alla Vuelta Valenciana il 2 febbraio. Per il messinese, che ha 37 anni, sarà la 18a stagione da professionista

www.gazzetta.it

Nibali returns to race Giro and Tour in the same season after three years ...

What was this year then?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

What was this year then?

We're in now in 2021
The next Giro & Tour are in 2022
The article states 2019 as the last time...
hopethathelps

 

[Red Rick]

We're in now in 2021
The next Giro & Tour are in 2022
The article states 2019 as the last time...
hopethathelps

How can you miss Nibali setting both Il Giro and Le Tour ablaze this eyar?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

How can you miss Nibali setting both Il Giro and Le Tour ablaze this eyar?

What ever the case
it's totally unrealistic for him to podium in both Giro & Tour in any year.
He's never had that kind of form
- which is back in fashion with the young turks to day.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Makes no sense for doing TDF but I would love to see him win a stage there.

Better to do Vuelta to give form for World championships and Lombardia.

Giro makes sense. But to target podium there is a bit unrealistic anyway, without the the fact that he does extra monuments in the spring.

Better for him at this stage of his career to go for one day races. Strade, Sanremo, Ronde, Roubaix, Liege, Worlds, Lombardy. Getting a giro stage would be nice, peaking for the Tour makes no sense.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Nibali and Moscon to drill it for Lutsenko on the cobbles stage. I assume he's at the Giro to hold MAL's hand on the technical descents...
I just wanna see him and Moscon (and maybe also Lutsenko) go crazy in one day races.
Nibali will start the season in Valenciana, then Tirreno, MSR and TOTA before Giro-Tour, the article doesn't mention any other one day races...
https://www.tuttobiciweb.it/article...an-nibali-giro-tour-moscon-capitano-classiche

 

[Rollthedice]

well, well, well... Martinelli says he'll be like Ibrahimovic so spectacular overhead kicks expected in France. How can he miss a Tour with cobbles, PdbF and Hautacam? With Vino in the team car? And the Giro, back to Sicily? No altitude training before first race, Valenciana starting the season as soon as 02.02. The Bag, new season, first episode.

 

[tobydawq]

He will not win the Tour.

 

[Ivan_Basso_77]

Hopefully Vincenzo knows what he is doing. I am still sour about the training crash before this year's Giro because even with that injury he was still way more lively than last year. Still, it's unrealistic to think he will challenge for the GC. One day races should be his priority now. I still don't get it how he has never done well in Strade.

Doing the Tour would raise question marks. On the other hand, he would love his name to be written on one of the 21 switchbacks on Alpe d'Huez and why not? The last few winners on that mountain have been a bit underwhelming for my taste.

 

[Nirvana]

Nibali and Moscon to drill it for Lutsenko on the cobbles stage. I assume he's at the Giro to hold MAL's hand on the technical descents...
I just wanna see him and Moscon (and maybe also Lutsenko) go crazy in one day races.
Nibali will start the season in Valenciana, then Tirreno, MSR and TOTA before Giro-Tour, the article doesn't mention any other one day races...
https://www.tuttobiciweb.it/article...an-nibali-giro-tour-moscon-capitano-classiche

All the talks and interviews about the classics was trolling us

In the end he's wasting another season to finish 15th in the GC of the Giro...

 

[SafeBet]

I'm sensing another season of memes >>>>>> wins.

 

[Red Rick]

I'm sensing another season of memes >>>>>> wins.

Nibali following the Supernatural show trajectory at this point?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I'm sensing another season of memes >>>>>> wins.

Scrap plans to do flanders and roubaix because team tell him no

Do nothing in strade and tirreno
Finish 8th in Sanremo
Flirt with the top 10 in Trentino.
Place an early attack at Liege that decides the race but finishes outside the top 10
Finish 7th overall in the giro and fail to win a stage
Get in 6 breakaway in the tour and get beaten by riders under 26 each time.
Season fades away after that, show good signs for lombardia but finish 9th.
1 year contract extension to do the same in 2023.

 

[hfer07]

Nibs going for all monuments in 22 is quite exciting. He knows as well it's all about the legacy and closing an extraordinary career at the Top

Bravo

 

[Red Rick]

He will not win the Tour.

In 2014, we were 2 years into the British/Ineos dominance. In 2012 the Brits had won their first TdF going 1 and 2 in GC. In 2013 the new GT star had the GC locked up after the first mountain stage, winning it by many minutes while the older Brit didn't even finish the Tour. That older Brit won Olympic TT gold in London. In 2014, Vincenzo Nibali won the Tour de France.

In 2022, we'll be 2 years into UAE/Slovenian dominance. In 2020 the Slovenians won their first TdF going 1 and 2 in GC, and in 2021 the new Slovenian superstar had the GC locked up after the first mountain stage winning it by minutes while the older Slovenian didn't finish the Tour. That older Slovenian won Olympic ITT gold in 2021.

Time is a flat circle. In 2022, Vincenzo Nibali will win the Tour de France once more.

 

[tobydawq]

In 2014, we were 2 years into the British/Ineos dominance. In 2012 the Brits had won their first TdF going 1 and 2 in GC. In 2013 the new GT star had the GC locked up after the first mountain stage, winning it by many minutes while the older Brit didn't even finish the Tour. That older Brit won Olympic TT gold in London. In 2014, Vincenzo Nibali won the Tour de France.

In 2022, we'll be 2 years into UAE/Slovenian dominance. In 2020 the Slovenians won their first TdF going 1 and 2 in GC, and in 2021 the new Slovenian superstar had the GC locked up after the first mountain stage winning it by minutes while the older Slovenian didn't finish the Tour. That older Slovenian won Olympic ITT gold in 2021.

Time is a flat circle. In 2022, Vincenzo Nibali will win the Tour de France once more.

No.