Clearly he's purposely doing this, so that other riders think he's in 'weak but attacking' form and they'll let him have too much space at Liege, and he'll beat them all.
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Red Rick said:Kreuziger being one of very few to try in LBL is one of few certainties in life.yaco said:Think Nibali is going well - Will have to go from far and possibly a rider like Kreuziger ( who is in good form ) will go with him - He's a definite chance in LBL.
Pozzovivo still in the picture. FAKE SPRINTRollthedice said:Red Rick said:Kreuziger being one of very few to try in LBL is one of few certainties in life.yaco said:Think Nibali is going well - Will have to go from far and possibly a rider like Kreuziger ( who is in good form ) will go with him - He's a definite chance in LBL.
And if everything fails there's still this:
Triggered. I've been perfecting me rain dance since the day the cobbled stage was announced.Serpentin said:I think he will try to take some serious time out of the other contenders on stage 9 of the tour. He is going too ride and preview the cobbled sections twice. How much time can he get on the other contenders ? We can atleast hope it will be dry this time.
Possibly. But he's also attacking in Fleche, so it can't be terrible.Forever The Best said:So he isn't in shape because Ronde+PV and health problems?
Forever The Best said:So he isn't in shape because Ronde+PV and health problems?
Not only on stage 9. If it's windy, the first tour week will be a massacre. There's also stage 5, that fits somewhere in between AGR and LBL, and a final mur (400m @ 10%).Serpentin said:I think he will try to take some serious time out of the other contenders on stage 9 of the tour. He is going too ride and preview the cobbled sections twice. How much time can he get on the other contenders ? We can atleast hope it will be dry this time.
Red Rick said:Possibly. But he's also attacking in Fleche, so it can't be terrible.Forever The Best said:So he isn't in shape because Ronde+PV and health problems?
We'll see how he does in Liege.
Jspear said:Red Rick said:Possibly. But he's also attacking in Fleche, so it can't be terrible.Forever The Best said:So he isn't in shape because Ronde+PV and health problems?
We'll see how he does in Liege.
Today was just a training ride. He'll be ready.
Rollthedice said:Jspear said:Red Rick said:Possibly. But he's also attacking in Fleche, so it can't be terrible.Forever The Best said:So he isn't in shape because Ronde+PV and health problems?
We'll see how he does in Liege.
Today was just a training ride. He'll be ready.
Just to check the proper length of an attack. Today from 45 km, Liege?
No comments, though he re-posted some instagram stuff https://www.instagram.com/p/BhuImUanAqp/Red Rick said:Any reaction from Nibali today?
If he wants to put on minutes he needs rain, I don't think there will be big gaps in case of a dry race because a lot of teams won't attack to limit the losses of their GC riders, only big crashes could force bigger selection. And if Nibali will attack probably only Sagan will help him and Sky has a team that can control the race also on cobbles.Serpentin said:I think he will try to take some serious time out of the other contenders on stage 9 of the tour. He is going too ride and preview the cobbled sections twice. How much time can he get on the other contenders ? We can atleast hope it will be dry this time.
Red Rick said:Nibali simply needs to hit a slightly better shape than in in 2017.
Nibali never had the top climbing days in 2017 that he showed in 2016 and 2015, but hit his highest level in the autumn classics. I think he can do better in 2018.Rollthedice said:Red Rick said:Nibali simply needs to hit a slightly better shape than in in 2017.
In Le Tour? Vuelta 2017 shape is good enough to challenge for the win and maybe is the best he can for a GT. I think there will be other factors in play for him in order to finish in yellow, the TTT being one.
Red Rick said:Nibali never had the top climbing days in 2017 that he showed in 2016 and 2015, but hit his highest level in the autumn classics. I think he can do better in 2018.Rollthedice said:Red Rick said:Nibali simply needs to hit a slightly better shape than in in 2017.
In Le Tour? Vuelta 2017 shape is good enough to challenge for the win and maybe is the best he can for a GT. I think there will be other factors in play for him in order to finish in yellow, the TTT being one.
If he's as good as in 2017 he needs to be lucky to win. If he's better he needs to be unlucky to lose.
The one thing that could go horribly wrong is the TTT and the first week.