Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

[Oliver]

Suprised me today in a positive way.

 

[Gigs_98]

Yeah I'm impressed, will be pretty good at Giro.
If it was Martigny though... well can't help it.

Man, I just don't want to think of it. This could have been the year

 

[Oliver]

Agree. Still not at 100% but just a week ago he was minutes behind the best in Tireno on a similar stage. I expect the usual Nibali. Average in the 1st week. Flying in the 3rd week.

i hope the weather won’t be that bad in the 3th week that it would be a problem for the race (snow?!)

 

[Climbing]

Man, I just don't want to think of it. This could have been the year

Well, a bit unlucky, I would have seen Fuglsang doing extremely well there too.

 

[Tonton]

He still gave it a shot, but the legs weren't quite there. Encouraging. Vai Vincenzo!

 

[Carols]

The Shark has teeth!!! He looked much better than I expected. It bodes well for Il Giro. Forza Vince!

 

[Red Rick]

Man, I just don't want to think of it. This could have been the year

We're doomed to make voodoo memes about the low key most unlucky rider in peloton

 

[Brullnux]

Honestly after seeing today I think that even some of the interesting medium mountain stages he can do something in.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Looking good for the Giro.

 

[Red Rick]

Giro in the bag.

Gets 15th in a race.

"Giro in bag"

Peak Nibali thread.

 

[bob.a.feet]

Gets 15th in a race.

"Giro in bag"

Peak Nibali thread.

It's just a fact though, isn't it?

 

[Sestriere]

When France was pushing in the penultimate lap and reducing the bunch to 50 or so.. I was think this is already better than Innsbruck

Top end not quite there admittedly, but Etna is a very different effort, he should be fine. Most muro stages are a bit later into the race, after today I'm hopeful that he'll be able to follow Yates and Fuglsang there.

 

[johnymax]

He looks good for Il Giro. I hope he wins it. I can't believe how he gets underrated by many before the GTs in last couple of years. The bookies have him 5th favourite behind Kruijswijk and Fuglsang...wtf?! Hasn't he done enough in the past that shows he is always the favourite (or top 2-3 at least) in the Giro. Well he certainly isn't underrated on this forum at least lol

 

[Red Rick]

He looks good for Il Giro. I hope he wins it. I can't believe how he gets underrated by many before the GTs in last couple of years. The bookies have him 5th favourite behind Kruijswijk and Fuglsang...wtf?! Hasn't he done enough in the past that shows he is always the favourite (or top 2-3 at least) in the Giro. Well he certainly isn't underrated on this forum at least lol

Betting Nibali and laying Kruijswijk is literally free money.

 

[italoc]

Gets 15th in a race.

"Giro in bag"

Peak Nibali thread.

And: looks great for Tokyo 2021. Not in the bag yet, but almost there.

 

[Rollthedice]

Jut after the race:

"Already in the previous days I knew that the last climb (Gallisterna, ed.) was not suitable for me. So I tried on the penultimate ascent and we left in four: there were Landa, Uran, and van Aert who didn't collaborate. Then everything got mixed up and the final slopes rewarded more explosive riders.

As far as I was concerned, it was the first time I felt good. Up until ten days ago everything was a question mark. With the teammates we were planning to do an attack race, but from the beginning the pace was high. It was difficult to try it from a distance, as Pogacar did".

 

[lenric]

 

[SarahtheDane]

And: looks great for Tokyo 2021. Not in the bag yet, but almost there.

I think it's looking like Tour 2022 in the bag!

 

[Climbing]

 

[SafeBet]

Those goggles though.

 

[Nirvana]

Gets 15th in a race.

"Giro in bag"

Peak Nibali thread.

Just wait until he'll be dropped by 20/30 riders in Agrigento or Etna like he often does in 140/150 kms long murito/unipuerto stages and this thread will be filled by panic madness again.

 

[italoc]

And this is where WVA lost the race.

 

[SafeBet]

Just wait until he'll be dropped by 20/30 riders in Agrigento or Etna like he often does in 140/150 kms long murito/unipuerto stages and this thread will be filled by panic madness again.

I'll be compulsively refreshing this thread with one hand and pushing panic buttons with the other for the whole climb if needed.

 

[Rollthedice]

Those goggles though.

Indeed. Slows him down big time.

 

[Gigs_98]

Just wait until he'll be dropped by 20/30 riders in Agrigento or Etna like he often does in 140/150 kms long murito/unipuerto stages and this thread will be filled by panic madness again.

Thing it will be more like
"I don't really get why all of you are panicking, I think so far this is mostly going to plan. Yeah losing two minutes to Thomas on the first mtf looks bad on the surface but you have to look beyond the result sheet. Thomas originally planned to peak for the Tour, he misstimed his peak a bit, so he was in top shape from Tirreno Adriatico till now. There is no way he can keep this up till the third week which is where Nibali will be thriving. His shape is on a clear upwards trend and the way it looks he will be in perfect shape in week three which is where it really matters. Would you really rather be in top shape in that easy ass first week or on the Stelvio and the Agnello? There, the time gaps will be even bigger than here. Also, Thomas wasn't even that good himself. I mean he lost another two minutes to Yates and Fuglsang and any rational person knows they won't be able to keep it together for three weeks. Chill people. Everything going according to plan"