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Nope. Just enjoying life, family, pasta, canzone.
Jspear said:Has he done any altitude training yet?
Nope. Just enjoying life, family, pasta, canzone.
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Jspear said:Has he done any altitude training yet?
Jspear said:Has he done any altitude training yet?
huge said:Jspear said:Has he done any altitude training yet?
If I'm not mistaken, he said he was gonna have a training camp at altitude just after MSR.
Rollthedice said:huge said:Jspear said:Has he done any altitude training yet?
If I'm not mistaken, he said he was gonna have a training camp at altitude just after MSR.
Yes, Slongo said two weeks on Teide. Everything is going according to the plan.
indianfanboy said:http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-astana-to-lose-worldtour-licence
will Nibali be able to ride the Tour now ??
King Boonen said:indianfanboy said:http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-astana-to-lose-worldtour-licence
will Nibali be able to ride the Tour now ??
If they lose their WT licence, they get a Continental licence AND he stays with Astana, No.
I'm guessing he must have a clause in his contract to move teams if they drop out of the WT, but who could he go to? Lampre? I think they have space for 3 riders so Nibali and a couple of helpers. Not looking good though.
DFA123 said:King Boonen said:indianfanboy said:http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-astana-to-lose-worldtour-licence
will Nibali be able to ride the Tour now ??
If they lose their WT licence, they get a Continental licence AND he stays with Astana, No.
I'm guessing he must have a clause in his contract to move teams if they drop out of the WT, but who could he go to? Lampre? I think they have space for 3 riders so Nibali and a couple of helpers. Not looking good though.
Doubt Lampre could afford him, unless he would accept massively reduced wages. I think they'd definitely be interested in Aru though.
screaming fist said:Why wouldn't he accept less/close to no salary? Signing a deal for the rest of the year with e.g. Lampre might be his only chance to ride the Tour. 2016 is another story.
DFA123 said:screaming fist said:Why wouldn't he accept less/close to no salary? Signing a deal for the rest of the year with e.g. Lampre might be his only chance to ride the Tour. 2016 is another story.
I can think of around 4 millions reasons. If he has to leave Astana, then he's not going to get close to that salary again. He may be happy to write off a year, take the money, and move teams in the winter.
Hopefully not, as it would be a shame not to have the defending champ at the Tour. In any case though, I'd be surprised if he wasn't there with Astana.
huge said:This is utterly ridiculous, withdrawing the license in April, when the racing season is well underway and just a month before the Giro.
Anyway, even without a WT license, I'm pretty sure the Giro organizers would grant them a wildcard. Different story for TdF, which almost certainly they wouldn't be able to take part in.
I'm curious to know what are Nibali's contract details. If in such a situation he is allowed to end it.
huge said:This is utterly ridiculous, withdrawing the license in April, when the racing season is well underway and just a month before the Giro.
Anyway, even without a WT license, I'm pretty sure the Giro organizers would grant them a wildcard. Different story for TdF, which almost certainly they wouldn't be able to take part in.
I'm curious to know what are Nibali's contract details. If in such a situation he is allowed to end it.
He wants to suspend him?ICEROCK said:OMG, rumor on the street is Oleg is approaching Nibali's agent.
More like an epic battle with Froome and Quintana.DBotero said:It will be really bad if Nibali can't defend his title,i was expecting an epic battle with Froome and Contador
sir fly said:More like an epic battle with Froome and Quintana.DBotero said:It will be really bad if Nibali can't defend his title,i was expecting an epic battle with Froome and Contador
I'm really hoping the story won't come down on a sole character or two.Rollthedice said:sir fly said:More like an epic battle with Froome and Quintana.DBotero said:It will be really bad if Nibali can't defend his title,i was expecting an epic battle with Froome and Contador
More like an epic battle with Quintana.