Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

[Tonton]

The bag is re-opening...

 

[Gigs_98]

At least its looking like he will have the shape to go on the attack in the alps. I'm honestly just hoping we'll see something remotely similar to Contador's final Vuelta.

 

[SafeBet]

Does anybody have his Blockhaus climbing time today and can compare it to 2017???

2017: 41'35"
2022: 42'49"
This stage was harder than the 2017 one before Blockhaus, and apparently the climb was quite windy. Fastest time yesterday was 1'40" slower than Quintana's time in 2017.

Side note: this was Nibali's first top10 in a GT stage since the Stelvio stage in 2020.

 

[Red Rick]

2017: 41'35"
2022: 42'49"
This stage was harder than the 2017 one before Blockhaus, and apparently the climb was quite windy. Fastest time yesterday was 1'40" slower than Quintana's time in 2017.

Side note: this was Nibali's first top10 in a GT stage since the Stelvio stage in 2020.

Andorra?

Ah that was 11th. Outsprinted Alaphilippe though

 

[Climbing]

A shark attack was spotted.

 

[Red Rick]

A shark attack was spotted.

We will soon make it to the open waters

 

[Netserk]

Strongest rider in the race.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

If van der poel didn't close the gap he would have won

 

[Rollthedice]

Tranquillo with the legs of better days stuck in TWO BAGS.

 

[Mayomaniac]

If van der poel didn't close the gap he would have won

Ready to go 2016/2017 mode in the high mountains

 

[Red Rick]

Ready to go 2016/2017 mode in the high mountains

 

[Mayomaniac]

The first mountain stage was like the first mountain stage in the 2015 Tour, so things can only get better.

 

[Netserk]

Contador on stage 3 of the 2017 Vuelta: +2'33'' to Nibali.
Nibali on stage 4 of the 2022 Giro: +2'15'' to Carapaz.

Who will in the end have bounced back better?

 

[Rollthedice]

"I was fine, I was there. I saw for a moment that they slowed down and I tried, you never know on these arrivals like that. So many riders tried to attack in the finale. Good sensations, nothing else."

 

[topcat]

Thread slowly building momentum. Now all we need is a mountain stage. We'll have to wait a few days but when Nibs takes about 30 seconds back off some of the legendary gc riders like Valverde and Pozzo, we can launch the balloons and go hysterical.

 

[hfer07]

Nibs quietly & smoothly doing his thing, crawling his way up in the GC while the top 3 contenders get all the attention.......

 

[HelloDolly]

Love the baby shark ...even then he had the attitude

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523933522188247042

View: https://twitter.com/nygaardbn/status/1523933522188247042?s=20&t=D7jyqXY-f6EsstK7ccv5NA

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Already in Astana colours too

 

[lenric]

Love the baby shark ...even then he had the attitude

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523933522188247042

View: https://twitter.com/nygaardbn/status/1523933522188247042?s=20&t=D7jyqXY-f6EsstK7ccv5NA

who decided to hide the bag?

 

[Rollthedice]

Here's some wild rumour:

During the Radiocorsa program aired on Thursday, May 19, Beppe Conti, a well-known journalist specializing in cycling and cyclomarketing, raised a rumour that would be sensational, concerning Vincenzo Nibali.

After the announcement of retirement at the end of the year made by the Shark himself the past few days after the Corsa Rosa stage finish in Messina, Aleksandr Vinokurov, top Kazakh executive of the Astana Qazaqstan Team, the team for which the Sicilian cyclist rides, reportedly begged Nibali to postpone his retirement to Paris-Roubaix 2023.

A surprise move that is reportedly swaying Nibali, who is ready, after the conclusion of the ongoing Giro d'Italia 2022, to make his evaluations. The 1984 class could then postpone the closing of his glorious career by completing the last rides, perhaps after a Milan-San Remo and a "Last Dance" in the iconic velodrome of the transalpine city.

Ciclismo: Vincenzo Nibali ci ripensa sul ritiro? Vinokurov vuole fargli fare la Parigi-Roubaix 2023

Nel corso della trasmissione Radiocorsa, andata in onda giovedì 19 maggio, Beppe Conti, noto giornalista specializzato nel ciclismo e nel ciclomercato, ha

www.oasport.it

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Here's some wild rumour:

During the Radiocorsa program aired on Thursday, May 19, Beppe Conti, a well-known journalist specializing in cycling and cyclomarketing, raised a rumour that would be sensational, concerning Vincenzo Nibali.

After the announcement of retirement at the end of the year made by the Shark himself the past few days after the Corsa Rosa stage finish in Messina, Aleksandr Vinokurov, top Kazakh executive of the Astana Qazaqstan Team, the team for which the Sicilian cyclist rides, reportedly begged Nibali to postpone his retirement to Paris-Roubaix 2023.

A surprise move that is reportedly swaying Nibali, who is ready, after the conclusion of the ongoing Giro d'Italia 2022, to make his evaluations. The 1984 class could then postpone the closing of his glorious career by completing the last rides, perhaps after a Milan-San Remo and a "Last Dance" in the iconic velodrome of the transalpine city.

Ciclismo: Vincenzo Nibali ci ripensa sul ritiro? Vinokurov vuole fargli fare la Parigi-Roubaix 2023

Nel corso della trasmissione Radiocorsa, andata in onda giovedì 19 maggio, Beppe Conti, noto giornalista specializzato nel ciclismo e nel ciclomercato, ha

www.oasport.it

Why not another Giro at that point.

 

[lenric]

Why not another Giro at that point.

or a double

 

[gregrowlerson]

So....who is his next victim?

My guess is Almeida.

 

[carolina]

Carapaz can go next. Almeida will be happy with second place

 

[Climbing]

One by one, the free riders of Middle-Giro fell to the power of the Bag, but there were some who resisted...