Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

I picked Vincenzo and Mikel. I live on the edge

Did you pick Bilbao as well? He's a bargain, but not if he works too much for Mikel.

I picked both Almeida and Carapaz for my all rounders, which severely limited my options (my pure sprinter is Girmay).

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Did you pick Bilbao as well? He's a bargain, but not if he works too much for Mikel.

I picked both Almeida and Carapaz for my all rounders, which severely limited my options (my pure sprinter is Girmay).

Well for the moment I have Bilbao, Valverde, Landa, Vincenzo, Demare, Valtter, Van der Poel, Cort and Bardet.

Girmay will get plenty of points.

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Well for the moment I have Bilbao, Valverde, Landa, Vincenzo, Demare, Valtter, Van der Poel, Cort and Bardet.

Girmay will get plenty of points.

That's a very old school team! I'm pretty sure Girmay will get points, but Cav or Ewan will almost definitely bring a few hundred points between ciclamino and stages.

The thing with Vincenzo is that if he goes for 10-15 in GC then he's not worth much more than someone like Formolo or Sosa, who are less expensive. But if he does go for stages and finds decent legs, maybe he can bring some good points.

Spoiler

I'm going with Almeida, Arensman, Lopez, Ciccone, Cavendish, VdP, Cort, Skjelmose, Girmay in the end. So, no Nibali and no Carapaz (my directeur is Antonio Nibali though). I'd gladly switch Cort for Ulissi or Formolo but there's just no way.

 

[Tonton]

That's a very old school team! I'm pretty sure Girmay will get points, but Cav or Ewan will almost definitely bring a few hundred points between ciclamino and stages.

The thing with Vincenzo is that if he goes for 10-15 in GC then he's not worth much more than someone like Formolo or Sosa, who are less expensive. But if he does go for stages and finds decent legs, maybe he can bring some good points.

Spoiler

I'm going with Almeida, Arensman, Lopez, Ciccone, Cavendish, VdP, Cort, Skjelmose, Girmay in the end. So, no Nibali and no Carapaz (my directeur is Antonio Nibali though). I'd gladly switch Cort for Ulissi or Formolo but there's just no way.

Vincenzo Nibali will win this bike race. Not go for 10-15, Il Squalo will give whatever he has on whatever day, if he sees something he will go. He's under the radar. I hope that he gets opportunities. He can turn this upside down. Well, I hope. Vai Vincenzo!!!

 

[Sestriere]

The scenes in this thread after Enzo puts out 6.2 W/kg for 50 minutes on Etna, goes tappa e maglia and rides into Messina in pink the next day.

 

[gregrowlerson]

The scenes in this thread after Enzo puts out 6.2 W/kg for 50 minutes on Etna, goes tappa e maglia and rides into Messina in pink the next day.

Hincapie?

 

[Sestriere]

Hincapie?

What about him?

 

[Rollthedice]

 

[Valv.Piti]

Also no weight talk that's intellectual property of the Evenepoel thread these days

Bro whats that serious called? I vaguely remember I had a crush on this girl.

 

[Red Rick]

Bro whats that serious called? I vaguely remember I had a crush on this girl.

It's from 13 Reasons Why apparently. I never watched it, I only know the meme

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Shark Fan Boy spotted

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Shark Fan Boy spotted

Which one of you is in Hungary?

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Isn't @SafeBet over there?

 

[gunara]

What about him?

You are so behind. The American Tour has taken place, finish date or line unknown.

 

[Rollthedice]

Isn't @SafeBet over there?

He is but he's in Budapest and he is an objective fan not a die-hard inflatable shark owner full time bag follower like some of us. Must've been a member of the Hungarian Danube Shark Cult.

 

[topcat]

Nibs now favourite for the giro.

 

[Eclipse]

"The Giro has awoken, it has heard its master's call" - Vinodalf

 

[HelloDolly]

So when will Vincenzo start riding for his leader

of course if he deosnt Superman might get out his boxing gloves on a climb

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

...bag?

3rd at the first intermediate, the man must have dive bombed into every corner. He lost a bit on the climb, but if you had told me he would have only shipped 1" from Almeida and less than 20" from the best GC rider (and stage winner) I would have laughed at you.

A 9 km TT doesn't mean that much, but he said he's feeling good and I'm happy.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Great way to start this his 11th Giro d'italia , and hope he can continue like this.

 

[Netserk]

We all know disappointment is waiting for us, yet we are again unable to keep hope at bay; we all feel a slight tickle in our stomach as we imagine what adventure our Squalo has in store for us.

 

[Rollthedice]

During all these years he proved that when in shape he can do really good TTs. The question today was how prepared he is, does he still have some of the legs of the "old days"? After packing and unpacking a few bags today I predicted a top 15. He did better.

 

[Pippo_San]

Three letters

B A G

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

We all know disappointment is waiting for us, yet we are again unable to keep hope at bay; we all feel a slight tickle in our stomach as we imagine what adventure our Squalo has in store for us.

This post is beautiful.

 

[topcat]

I just can't help believing.