Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

[cineteq]

He'll be at the Vuelta for sure. Probably not going for the GC, more as a prep race for the Worlds.

It's silly to put all eggs in one basket: The Worlds (one-day race), when clearly he's better at GTs. Hope he reconsiders.

 

[TANK91]

Them dropping even more weight to be able to compete with Nibali on the steep Italian mountains is not a reason for their retreat/illness?

In the end Nibali has won a very disappointing Giro with no real mountainstages.

Totally agree, would Nibali have won the Giro still with more Mountains yes he probably would but it does'nt discount how bad this race is how can people defend it is beyond me, ooo we had a great wk1 bla bla bla no we did not have a great week 1, all what was great for fanboy's was certain riders failing because of bad weather. Look at the MTN stages lol not even 1 multi hard mountainstage, yes i know the bad weather but that is not the point worst GT for years.

 

[TANK91]

It's silly to put all eggs in one basket: The Worlds (one-day race), when clearly he's better at GTs. Hope he reconsiders.

Totally agree Cineteq he could definately win the Vuelta i know it is really hard and its hard to win 2 GT's in 1 year but its much easier to do Giro Vuelta. I also dont think it will be extremely hard for him to win competition wise. Of course it wont be easy but with Froome, Contador, Valverde and Purito all doing the TDF i think he has a great chance. You would probably expect one of those names to do the Vuelta if they fail in the TDF though. I just think it is too much of a risk to bank every thing on WChamps unless he try's improving his palmares and winning the fall classics and Lombardia.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Nibali to go for the Vuelta-WC-Lombary treble

 

[Afrank]

Nibali to go for the Vuelta-WC-Lombary treble

And achieve it...

 

[The Hitch]

And Nibali now oficially has 1 and a half grand tours.

Well done Squalo.

 

[LaFlorecita]

And Nibali now oficially has 1 and a half grand tours.

Well done Squalo.

Lolz

Congrats Nibali

 

[Afrank]

And Nibali now oficially has 1 and a half grand tours.

Well done Squalo.

1/2?
Because of the competition of the Vuelta?

 

[cineteq]

And Nibali now oficially has 1 and a half grand tours.

Well done Squalo.

Is that mean Hesjedal has 1/4 of a GT?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

And Nibali now oficially has 1 and a half grand tours.

Well done Squalo.

Racist

 

[Carols]

And Nibali now oficially has 1 and a half grand tours.

Well done Squalo.

Bull Crap!

He's got the trophy and 1 Giro, 1 Vuelta...and 5 years to get Le Tour

Grande vittoria Vincenzo!!!!!

 

[Miburo]

Bull Crap!

He's got the trophy and 1 Giro, 1 Vuelta...and 5 years to get Le Tour

Grande vittoria Vincenzo!!!!!

Aslong as Froome is racing he'll never get le tour

Give me 2 months before adding AC to that list

 

[LaFlorecita]

On NOS a few minutes ago a bit of a recap of this giro... and it made me really happy for Vincenzo!! Yay Now I'll just have to avoid the hype to keep this feeling Go Nibs

 

[trevim]

Aslong as Froome is racing he'll never get le tour

Give me 2 months before adding AC to that list

Yeah, how the hell could Nibali ever beat Froome in a stage race?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

On NOS a few minutes ago a bit of a recap of this giro... and it made me really happy for Vincenzo!! Yay Now I'll just have to avoid the hype to keep this feeling Go Nibs

He is the best gc rider of his generation, and he will finish his career with 5 tdf victories

 

[Netserk]

Officially he already has as many GT podium finishes as Alberto. And more top-10 than Alberto

 

[LaFlorecita]

Officially he already has as many GT podium finishes as Alberto. And more top-10 than Alberto

It's the wins that count

 

[Wallace]

1/2?
Because of the competition of the Vuelta?

He probably means that Nibbles only won the 2010 Vuelta because Anton crashed out.

 

[Carols]

Aslong as Froome is racing he'll never get le tour

Froome will turn out to be as fragile as a feather .

But Nibs will have to wait out The Great One a few more years

 

[The Principal Sheep]

Froome will turn out to be as fragile as a feather .

But Nibs will have to wait out The Great One a few more years

Pity Froomee didn't do the Giro this year, he could have completed his oh so impressive collection of second place's in GTs.

 

[Jelantik]

Pity Froomee didn't do the Giro this year, he could have completed his oh so impressive collection of second place's in GTs.

He can be the next version of andy

 

[Afrank]

By the way Hitch, Nibali disagrees with you.

 

[maxmartin]

Pity Froomee didn't do the Giro this year, he could have completed his oh so impressive collection of second place's in GTs.

haha amen

 

[maxmartin]

By the way Hitch, Nibali disagrees with you.

the King

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

very impressive performance by nibbles. Never looked like not winning.