Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

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phanatic

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Zam_Olyas said:
There has been reports of conflict between Kazkah side and eyetalian side of Astana in the Italian media so Nibali wearing the tricolore would make Vino more mad is maybe what the poster was alluding too.
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Thanks, Zam. That's basically it.

Being uncharitable, it looks like Nibali was a little unmotivated for races outside Italy (P-N and Dauphine, in particular), keeping in mind his attack at MSR. I thought that might irritate Vino, and what's worse, that Nibali may be imitating Vino, going to France in national rather than team colors.

But seriously, if he loses le Tour and wins Lombardia, he's fired.
 
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Gotta say, I very very highly doubt that Vino is upset about Nibali's win in any way. His star rider finally got his first win in over a year, gives him a great confidence boost heading into the Tour, and it may just be a sign that Nibali is coming into some good form. I'm sure Vino is as thrilled about the win as Nibali is.

Who cares if he won't be wearing Kazak colors at the Tour, or about any past minor conflicts they had. Their focus is the Tour, their a team and are in it together. At the moment I'm sure they're both looking ahead to creating a little chaos in France. :)
 
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For the last time, Vino never sent a letter to Nibali, he sent an email to all the team members after the spring campaign.

“In late March, after a Spring racing campaign that provided fewer successful results than expected, I sent an email to all riders and staff at Astana Pro Team to motivate and encourage everyone not to lose hope, and to continue training at the highest level,” said Vinkourov.

So in short, there was never any feud going on!

And Nibali will animate this years tour, im sure of it!
 
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Vino attacks everyone

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markene2 said:
For the last time, Vino never sent a letter to Nibali, he sent an email to all the team members after the spring campaign.

“In late March, after a Spring racing campaign that provided fewer successful results than expected, I sent an email to all riders and staff at Astana Pro Team to motivate and encourage everyone not to lose hope, and to continue training at the highest level,” said Vinkourov.

So in short, there was never any feud going on!

And Nibali will animate this years tour, im sure of it!
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this x 1000000


I love how everyone takes whatever the sensetionalistic media says to be 100% accurate every time.
 
hrotha

hrotha

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Afrank said:
Gotta say, I very very highly doubt that Vino is upset about Nibali's win in any way. His star rider finally got his first win in over a year, gives him a great confidence boost heading into the Tour, and it may just be a sign that Nibali is coming into some good form. I'm sure Vino is as thrilled about the win as Nibali is.
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Plus, Nibbles may have got this win in tru€ Vino fashion.
 
Zam_Olyas

Zam_Olyas

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Vino attacks everyone said:
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I love how everyone takes whatever the sensetionalistic media says to be 100% accurate every time.
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Not saying it is true what the media says..what was said was that there is a struggle between the kazakh side led by alexender shefer and italian guiseppe martinelli.
 
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Vino attacks everyone

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Zam_Olyas said:
Not saying it is true what the media says..what was said was that there is a struggle between the kazakh side led by alexender shefer and italian guiseppe martinelli.
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might be (would not be that suprised), but people have for weeks now been screaming about how first Vino sent a awful letter to Nibali, then when this was proven to be wrong, that he had sent a awful letter the the whole team!! :eek::eek:


Now we know that he sent a email to cheer up his team, how awful...
 
SafeBet

SafeBet

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hrotha said:
Plus, Nibbles may have got this win in tru€ Vino fashion.
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I just don't see a 21 years old kid a few metres away from a national jersey giving up for some money. He's never won a race in his life and can't be sure he'll be in this position ever again. Maybe I'm living in a fairy tale world.
 
ILovecycling

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I just don't see a 21 years old kid a few metres away from a national jersey giving up for some money. He's never won a race in his life and can't be sure he'll be in this position ever again. Maybe I'm living in a fairy tale world.
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Maybe me too,but I agree with this.:)
 
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"I can remember Froome in 2008, he was much fatter then ... and was beatable. I think he needed a team that really knew how to exploit his potential. That was good for him because he hasn’t been burned out too young. Whoever was lucky enough to find him, found a rider with a good engine and they’ve worked really well with him."

LOL did Nibali talk about AC in this interview?
 
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Vino attacks everyone

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maxmartin said:
"I can remember Froome in 2008, he was much fatter then ... and was beatable. I think he needed a team that really knew how to exploit his potential. That was good for him because he hasn’t been burned out too young. Whoever was lucky enough to find him, found a rider with a good engine and they’ve worked really well with him."

LOL did Nibali talk about AC in this interview?
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Nibbles is starting the psychological games allready :D
 
Rollthedice

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maxmartin said:
"I can remember Froome in 2008, he was much fatter then ... and was beatable. I think he needed a team that really knew how to exploit his potential. That was good for him because he hasn’t been burned out too young. Whoever was lucky enough to find him, found a rider with a good engine and they’ve worked really well with him."

LOL did Nibali talk about AC in this interview?
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Apparently not a word. First Froome needs to be taken down.;) On the other hand it is said that he's one kilo lighter than last year's Giro. About time!
 
Jspear

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jens_attacks said:
this tour will be the biggest battle of our times i think
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It certainly has the potential to be so. I've been trying to come up with a top 20 and there is so many potential contenders this year. The biggest problem is there always seems to be at least one "bigger" rider who gets caught out in a crash or something. I'm really hoping the fav's are able to stay out of trouble in the 1st week. I would hate to see a crash or stupid mechanical take someone out of competition.
 
Afrank

Afrank

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jens_attacks said:
this tour will be the biggest battle of our times i think
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I really hope so. After 2 years of a single rider dominating with ease, I really want to see some real competition for the top spot instead of competition for a podium or anonymous top 10.
 
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