Millions I think...he's a rider who can ride a bike and race a bike. Bots may ride a bike, others race for them by using radio communication and building super teams. Nibali never had that, really, he is a throwback to the glorious era of cycling, from after WW2 to the mid-80s, when one rider could slam his fist on the table and shake things up.
The best/worst, heal/hurt thread shows how few just look at the big picture for the '14 Tour (Froome, Contador DNF) but forget how he destroyed the script in Sheffield and on the cobbled stage. We just argued about 57 seconds in '20 when Il Squalo had put two and a half minutes on his foes. Really?
That's greatness. He beat them before the race even started...Sun Tzu...but yes, Carapaz thanks him for a bad gamble. That shouldn't take anything away from his triumph in '14.
Vincenzo Nibali can win one-day races, he has won plenty and some of the big ones. Multiple times. A monument win is the ultimate proof of a rider being good at racing a bike. No "live to fight another day" like in the stage races: today is the day.
Let's make a list of GT winners who won a monument, or two, or more....