Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

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No problemo. The idea for the Dauphine is to finish safely the race. Then on the San Pellegrino camp the final prep will take place. Teide was more on volume, resistance and aerobic training, quality follows in the Dolomites. He should be good in the Italian Championships, if not then it's worry time. Slongo says he needs to shed another kilo and a half and gain another 10 watts or so.
 
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Rollthedice said:
No problemo. The idea for the Dauphine is to finish safely the race. Then on the San Pellegrino camp the final prep will take place. Teide was more on volume, resistance and aerobic training, quality follows in the Dolomites. He should be good in the Italian Championships, if not then it's worry time. Slongo says he needs to shed another kilo and a half and gain another 10 watts or so.

He’s doing another altitude block as usual before the NC (13-24 june, no Ionica race), so I don’t think he’ll be that good there.
 
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Climbing said:
Rollthedice said:
No problemo. The idea for the Dauphine is to finish safely the race. Then on the San Pellegrino camp the final prep will take place. Teide was more on volume, resistance and aerobic training, quality follows in the Dolomites. He should be good in the Italian Championships, if not then it's worry time. Slongo says he needs to shed another kilo and a half and gain another 10 watts or so.

He’s doing another altitude block as usual before the NC (13-24 june, no Ionica race), so I don’t think he’ll be that good there.

The road race is on June 30, one week before the start of Le Tour and it will be a difficult parcours which could suit him well enough. It will be held in Darfo Boario Terme, 238 km total and quite different from when Giacomo Nizzolo won in 2016. Cassani asked for a tougher race so first there will be four laps of a circuit 25.4 each with the climbs Gianico 1.2 km at 6.5% and the murito Via Cornaleto 330m at 17% for eight times. Then the second circuit again four times with the climb Berzi Inferiore, 2Km at 6% with 10% parts and again the murito, last time at 2.5 km to finish. I think Nibali must go for it and he should be ready, there's one week since he'll come down from altitude.
 
Didn't Nibali look really bad in some spring races before the 2014 TDF? Or am I thinking about another year? His strategy seems to have been to get race hours in but to delay buildup in form till the brink of Le Tour.

And I realize he won another monument, this year -- one of my favorite performances at MSR. I just think he's holding his cards close, this year.
 
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Red Rick said:
26th today. About where we expected him?

He build the aerobic base in the previous altitude camp but lacks anaerobic ability. Pretty much what I saw today.
He had no problem hanging on early but couldn`t follow the best on the final km. He was still in the front group with 1km to go and lost 30s in the uphill sprint.