Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

[Rollthedice]

11th today. Good start.

 

[Gigs_98]

The shark isn't messing around this time. Voodoo all the way from start to finish

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

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Still salty about Froome not giving him the 2017 Vuelta.

Yes. That's why I've just changed my attitude to him. Hope, he will be nowhere.

 

[Rollthedice]

The shark isn't messing around this time. Voodoo all the way from start to finish

Malocchio, the evil eye

 

[Carols]

The shark isn't messing around this time. Voodoo all the way from start to finish

Malocchio, the evil eye

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[cantpedal]

He looked really skinny today...hope that`s not a bad sign for the cobbled stage.

Sagan will drop him on the last cobbled sector. I think he looked tired, needs some good sleep.

He doesn't have to win on the cobbles, he just needs to put time into the other GC guys on the cobbles.

It was a joke, anyway I think it depends a lot on the weather if he can make a difference. Sure some of the GC guys will loose time regardless but I don't have high hopes that he'll gain significant time on the likes of Froome, Valverde or Dumoulin if it's sunny and dry.

He needs to gain more time somewhere when was the last time they both finished a GT and he was within 2 min. of Froome?

 

[skippo12]

Good to see that they are all in on Nibali...Colbrelli sacrified his sprint and did a good job on the final kms.

 

[SafeBet]

There was never any doubt. I don't know why people on this forum believed Colbrelli wouldn't be a good domestique.

 

[skippo12]

Mediocre team performance but Nibali was great. Did most of the work himself and carried them to the line. Izagirres were good as well. Pozzo managed to stay at their wheel.
Only 15s behind Porte and 11s behind Froome after the TTT. From now one the route is in his favor. If he is in peak climbing shape he will be tough to beat.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

2014 Nibali with the Movistar guys would be fun to watch attacking the sky train. Still doubtful thst it is that kind of Nibali we got in 2018 but one cane hope

 

[Rollthedice]

The shark was not quite happy at the end speaking in the heat of the moment. They didn't went strong enough but it could've been worse as in the end only four left had to try to salvage what was left to be saved. They lost earlier than expected Haussler and Koren and then Delphino and Sonny were dropped on the hill.

Anyway, it is what it is, he looks good, next stage.

 

[Carols]

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The shark was not quite happy at the end speaking in the heat of the moment. They didn't went strong enough but it could've been worse as in the end only four left had to try to salvage what was left to be saved. They lost earlier than expected Haussler and Koren and then Delphino and Sonny were dropped on the hill.

Anyway, it is what it is, he looks good, next stage.

I hope he wasn't to tough on them, they are in service for a Long tour yet! He killed them off going to hard......

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

The shark is drowning

 

[skippo12]

Everything is fine...it seems like he is really focussed and ready to do everything to win this year. He set a really hard pace when he took the lead but waiting for Haussler or Pelizotti wouldn`t have helped him during the final kms. Both were cooked. Same for Pozzo who was barely hanging on in the final.
Mur de Bretagne will be interesting...normally Nibali loses 10-30s in uphill sprints. If he is able to stay with the best on a murito finish his form is really good. Otherwise the voodoo master needs to perform some rituals to make it rain next sunday.

 

[Rollthedice]

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The shark is drowning

11 sec to Froome and 1 minute over Quintana after some 36 km TTT abomination, I'd say he swims rather relaxed. Unless you think Dumoulin or Thomas have what it takes to go all the way to Paris.

 

[Lo squalo di messina]

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The shark is drowning

Is that you thijs zonneveld?

 

[Cookster15]

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The shark is drowning

Shark is drowning? LOL :lol: absolutely hilarious, he is just 11 seconds down on Froome and we are yet to see how Tom Dumoulin's legs back up from the Giro in week three mountains. The Shark is also the guy who won the 2016 Giro from nowhere you can never count him out. I think you are counting your chickens way too early.

 

[Durden93]

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The shark is drowning

It’s far too premature to say that. Nibali is strong on Murito’s as well as the cobbles. If he doesn’t gain time on at least one of those stages (most notably roubaix) then he has essentially no chance. But as of yet he still has a great shot.

 

[dfromdub]

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The shark is drowning

The Shark is also the guy who won the 2016 Giro from nowhere you can never count him out. I think you are counting your chickens way too early.

Please do not mention Giro 2016: that's an open wound for the OP. He's still mad that Nibs "stole" it from Kruijswijk.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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The shark was not quite happy at the end speaking in the heat of the moment. They didn't went strong enough but it could've been worse as in the end only four left had to try to salvage what was left to be saved. They lost earlier than expected Haussler and Koren and then Delphino and Sonny were dropped on the hill.

Anyway, it is what it is, he looks good, next stage.

I hope he wasn't to tough on them, they are in service for a Long tour yet! He killed them off going to hard......

Lol, you cannot go slowly over that last hill. If they did, they would be in for a much bigger loss.

 

[Simurgh]

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The shark is drowning

It’s far too premature to say that. Nibali is strong on Murito’s as well as the cobbles. If he doesn’t gain time on at least one of those stages (most notably roubaix) then he has essentially no chance. But as of yet he still has a great shot.

Cobbles, yeah, no doubt. Though I’m contesting that he is strong on muritos. Because he lost quite a bit of time to Froome, Chaves and Contador on muritos last Vuelta? (Murito = short and steep, right?)

 

[Rollthedice]

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The shark is drowning

It’s far too premature to say that. Nibali is strong on Murito’s as well as the cobbles. If he doesn’t gain time on at least one of those stages (most notably roubaix) then he has essentially no chance. But as of yet he still has a great shot.

Cobbles, yeah, no doubt. Though I’m contesting that he is strong on muritos. Because he lost quite a bit of time to Froome, Chaves and Contador on muritos last Vuelta? (Murito = short and steep, right?)

Definitely muritos not a speciality but when on form he can defend well. On any classics kind of stage, mur de Bretagne is no Huy, he can invent something if there are the right conditions, stage five also could be interesting in this first part. Dry cobbles, don't know how much he can gain. But in the end I think this Tour will be won in the mountains.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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The shark is drowning

that's why he has a dolphin on the team to help him out

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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The shark is drowning

Shark is drowning? LOL :lol: absolutely hilarious, he is just 11 seconds down on Froome and we are yet to see how Tom Dumoulin's legs back up from the Giro in week three mountains. The Shark is also the guy who won the 2016 Giro from nowhere you can never count him out. I think you are counting your chickens way too early.

He won the Giro because Kruijswijk fell, yeah. Not really because of a monstrous comeback (chaves was only 1 min in front). Not as good as Froome's comeback obviously :razz:

Fun to see such passionate fans here. I'm just saying, he didn't look happy today

 

[May0maniac]

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The shark is drowning

Shark is drowning? LOL :lol: absolutely hilarious, he is just 11 seconds down on Froome and we are yet to see how Tom Dumoulin's legs back up from the Giro in week three mountains. The Shark is also the guy who won the 2016 Giro from nowhere you can never count him out. I think you are counting your chickens way too early.

He won the Giro because Kruijswijk fell, yeah. Not really because of a monstrous comeback (chaves was only 1 min in front). Not as good as Froome's comeback obviously :razz:

Fun to see such passionate fans here. I'm just saying, he didn't look happy today

Yeah, Haussler was hurt after crashing hard yesterday and Sonny wasn't at his best after fighting for the win yesterday, at least for me his recovery is a bit of a question mark, so the team lost more time than they should have otherwise, but in the end they still managed to somehow limit their losses. Still, only 11 seconds behind Froome after the TTT is a big plus and a few teams will probably try to do something on the Roubaix cobbles.