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I don't think so either. They're about being ready for what happens.
Agreed. You could see it when he went guns blazing on the Civiglio descent in last years giro, but two days later he didn't even try to attack on the Mortirolo which very well might have become a giro winning move. There are those descents were only absolute mad men attack and I feel he hasn't been that for a few years now.He was just trying to stay safe yesterday. Really he was taking the corners cautiously but kicking hard out of them. I do rate Nibs higher as a dry descender than a wet one.
Last year Giro at Como and this year Lombardia begs to differ, he still pushes descents when it's needed.Hasn't he said that since he became a father, he didn't want to take the same risks any more? (which is understandable)
The crash at the Olympics probably didn't change his mind about that. If he's not pushing as much in training as he used to, he wont have the cutting edge to do it in races either.
I think Nibali considers strava record times on dry descents no unnecessary risks?Last year Giro at Como and this year Lombardia begs to differ, he still pushes descents when it's needed.
Last year Giro at Como and this year Lombardia begs to differ, he still pushes descents when it's needed.
Nibali can probably win the giro without attacking uphill or downhill. He can beat Fuglsang in the tts and he just has to stay with him in the mountains. The others are probably not going to be there in the high mountains.
At least he gets to make Froome's Finestre ascent look like a ride on training wheels if that happens.True but he can't help himself plus those monster stages might turn into plan B routes.
Nibali can probably win the giro without attacking uphill or downhill. He can beat Fuglsang in the tts and he just has to stay with him in the mountains. The others are probably not going to be there in the high mountains.
I actually went through Fuglsangs ITT results and it was a lot worse than I remembered. Basically I put too much in to the old 2010 reputation of good climber/ITTer.Fuglsang has actually beaten him in multiple TT's the last couple of years (although Nibali hasn't really been good in any of those races). Nibali isn't as good a TT'er as he once was. Here he'll obviously get the better moto in front of him, so that may make the difference.
Fuglsang has actually beaten him in multiple TT's the last couple of years (although Nibali hasn't really been good in any of those races). Nibali isn't as good a TT'er as he once was. Here he'll obviously get the better moto in front of him, so that may make the difference.