Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

[Lo squalo di messina]

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Jasper de buyst tips nibali to win to the tour this year. Might not mean much but its always a good sign when riders in the peloton say stuff like that ss they see way more then we do.
Nibs should talk with sagan for the roubaix stage

 

[dfromdub]

I am not as optimistic, I think ending the Tour in top 3 would be a great result and then hopefully he can go for the worlds. Like many users pointed out Nibs team is rubbish compared to other GC contenders. You can win the Giro with a bad team but to win the Tour you need a good team especially when Sky is in it.
I am all for Nibs but I see him being on in his own too many times in future stages and that in the end will be too much.

 

[SafeBet]

On a side note, the legend Antonio Nibali has just won his first professional race

 

[Laplaz]

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On a side note, the legend Antonio Nibali has just won his first professional race

Finally i honestly thought it would never happen

 

[Gigs_98]

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On a side note, the legend Antonio Nibali has just won his first professional race

Finally i honestly thought it would never happen

I have to say though, Antonio could still become a very decent rider. Ofc nowhere near as good as his brother but he hit his peak relatively late too so I can still imagine Antonio improving for one or two more years. And although the field surely isn't great, the Österreichrundfahrt isn't the smallest race out there either.

 

[Brullnux]

I don't think the team is that bad. Pozzo was in the second group up at the Mur de Bretagne so looks good, and Ion and Gorka are both very good.

 

[skippo12]

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I don't think the team is that bad. Pozzo was in the second group up at the Mur de Bretagne so looks good, and Ion and Gorka are both very good.

3 riders vs Sky, Movistar and BMC. I still don´t get what Koren is doing in France this july while Mohoric and Visconti dominate in Austria. Haussler is struggling since his crash and Colbrelli is doing his own thing. I really hope that Pelizotti is peaking in the 3rd week again.
The climbing support is good and honestly I think only Movistar will be stronger in the mountains but on flat and hilly stages it´s really lacking. Nibali is great when it comes to positioning. While other riders like Porte, Quintana or Landa would be lost without a train he somehow is able to do it by himself but a little bit more protection on the final kms wouldn`t hurt.

 

[Rollthedice]

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On a side note, the legend Antonio Nibali has just won his first professional race

Lo “Squaletto”! Bib no.13 wins on Friday the 13th. Now all we need is bib no. 51 to win in Paris 40 years after Hinault did it with the same number.

 

[Red Rick]

Squaletto winning in Austrlia makes inexplicably excited.

 

[Brullnux]

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I don't think the team is that bad. Pozzo was in the second group up at the Mur de Bretagne so looks good, and Ion and Gorka are both very good.

3 riders vs Sky, Movistar and BMC. I still don´t get what Koren is doing in France this july while Mohoric and Visconti dominate in Austria. Haussler is struggling since his crash and Colbrelli is doing his own thing. I really hope that Pelizotti is peaking in the 3rd week again.
The climbing support is good and honestly I think only Movistar will be stronger in the mountains but on flat and hilly stages it´s really lacking. Nibali is great when it comes to positioning. While other riders like Porte, Quintana or Landa would be lost without a train he somehow is able to do it by himself but a little bit more protection on the final kms wouldn`t hurt.

Colbrelli has helped out Nibali, and it's pretty expected that he's be allowed to sprint in flat stages that hold no issues. Ion and Gorka are both excellent in hilly stages (of which there are very few) and flat stages have basically ended, so far with little issues (apart from the ttt). Unless Nibali takes the yellow jersey soon, there should also be no need to control the race.

 

[Carols]

Finished in a great position again today . Tomorrow I hope he skims over the cobbles and delivers a Big shark bite. Forza Vince!!!

 

[dfromdub]

What is the weather forecast for tomorrow?

 

[bob.a.feet]

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What is the weather forecast for tomorrow?

28° , 0 chance of rain :sad:

 

[dfromdub]

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What is the weather forecast for tomorrow?

28° , 0 chance of rain :sad:

:Neutral:

 

[46&twoWheels]

https://twitter.com/SammyHeraldSun/status/1018062663803269120

the Australian Sybil has spoken:

“It’s my World Cup final. On TV it will be the most exciting stage there’s ever been at @LeTour - I expect a lot of GC guys, their Tour will be over tomorrow.”

 

[Climber123]

https://twitter.com/SammyHeraldSun/status/1018062663803269120

the Australian Sybil has spoken:

“It’s my World Cup final. On TV it will be the most exciting stage there’s ever been at @LeTour - I expect a lot of GC guys, their Tour will be over tomorrow.”

O yes

 

[Ivan_Basso_77]

If I were Bahrain's DS I would try to send Colbrelli/Haussler/one of the Izzaguires in the break tomorrow, just like in 2014 when Astana sent Westra up ahead. Can't wait for the stage.

 

[Eclipse]

Nothing much doing today then. Gonna have to recover the TTT differences in other ways

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

There were at least 7/8 GC riders better than him on the cobbles as well. So no chance to gain time

 

[huge]

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Nothing much doing today then. Gonna have to recover the TTT differences in other ways

To be honest I've seen him too much far back all day long. Never close to the front.
A very defensive ride today.

Let's see what the first day in the mountain on Tue will say.

 

[Gigs_98]

Don't really know what to think about today. The lack of support was ridiculous and he basically had to position himself on his own all the time, was never anywhere near the front at the beginning of the sectors and had to close some big gaps on his own. At the end of the stage he looked really spent so I should probably be happy that he didn't have any mishaps because that could have ended his gc ambitions. Still it feels like a wasted opportunity and it's just disappointing that he couldn't even give it a try.

 

[whittashau]

I don’t think it’s clear to say which GC riders were best or better than him. I think Tom looked the strongest and Valverde looked strong but he also had his team position him well allday. Nibbles on the other hand seemed basically alone

 

[huge]

Yep. BM looked absolutely useless today. If Nibali was fuming after the TTT, today he's probably wanting to kill a few of his teammates.

 

[skippo12]

He had zero support. Pozzo was the only Bahrain rider who finished with the same time.
Nibali had to do everything by himself. At some point he had 5 teammates in group of 30 rider...no one was close to him or tried to protect him...get him in a better position.
Bahrain is a joke...Haussler and Koren were no shows again, Colbrelli was taken out by van Garderen.
At 80km to go I thought he would lose a lot of time today so I am happy that he finished with the front group.
Pelizotti was their 3rd best rider on the cobbles...Izagirres were nowhere to be seen after the crash.

 

[EroicaStradeBianche]

Let's see how BM are on the mountains, Koren and Haussler disappointed. The objective was not to lose time and it was accomplished. The only thing which could go better would have been to be with jungels