Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Antonio

Antonio makes me hard

 

[lenric]

Antonio Nibali gives kind of a porn vibe

 

[Eclipse]

Who's gonna make it hard?

Ineos helping has to be the hope I think - that or some inter team Italian deal making.

I'd have said NTT but with Pozzo turning out to not be Horner in disguise I think they might fold.

 

[skippo12]

Right now I think the best plan is one more day of patience followed by all out attacks on the Stelvio and Agnello. Hopefully he can stay on Keldermans and Almeidas wheel tommorrow.

 

[Gigs_98]

I didn't actually realize that there was a little gc related attack on the final ramp until now just to find out that this thread completely exploded because of him not losing time there. I love it.

In all seriousness though, him looking much better here and on days like stage 13 while struggeling on long mountain stages is lowkey the weirdest development of 2020 yet.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Nice upbeat article in today's Gazzetta G+

Nibali's moment:
"I'm fine. Kelderman?
I fear Hindley".
The Squalo, brilliant in the stage with arrival in San Daniele del Friuli, warns:
"If the Australian opens the gas, he cuts everyone off. Even his leader"

Giro d'Italia, Nibali: "Io sto bene. Kelderman? Temo Hindley"

Lo Squalo, brillante nella tappa con arrivo a San Daniele del Friuli, avvisa: "Se l’australiano apre il gas, stacca tutti. Anche il suo leader"

www.gazzetta.it

[the rest is paywalled and in italiano]

 

[Red Rick]

I didn't actually realize that there was a little gc related attack on the final ramp until now just to find out that this thread completely exploded because of him not losing time there. I love it.

In all seriousness though, him looking much better here and on days like stage 13 while struggeling on long mountain stages is lowkey the weirdest development of 2020 yet.

Today wasn't that weird IMO. I think Nibali tends to struggle less on the super short ramps than on the slightly longer anaerobic efforts or uphill sprints at the end of a climb. It's as if he does have the capacity to get into oxygen debt, he just can't seem to smash his head through that wall.

At the same time, it's not as if he was missing watts on the previous stages. So the weird IMO isn't Nibali here.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Agnello is out apparently, bad for Nibbles.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1318807956369100801

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1318807956369100801?s=20

 

[Red Rick]

Oh *** everything

 

[gerundium]

Stelvio All-in it is.

 

[Red Rick]

To all the remoras in this thread.

We must perform a dance to the God of the sun to make Passo d'Agnello raceable come Friday

 

[Samu Cuenca]

To all the remoras in this thread.

We must perform a dance to the God of the sun to make Passo d'Agnello raceable come Friday

Is the shark fin gesture part of said dance?

 

[johnymax]

I've just put money on Nibali to win it all. The shark will not disappoint

 

[Gigs_98]

Agnello is out apparently, bad for Nibbles.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1318807956369100801

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1318807956369100801?s=20

Uhm, I'm unsure what to think of this. If they climb the Pragelato side twice that would basically confirm Finestre. However I heard Finestre is out too because it would take too long to prepare the gravel. Now my hope is that either Finestre is in after all or the article is bs entirely. My fear is that the only wrong information is that the Pragelato part and they will actually climb it from Pragelato once before the 2nd ascent being one of the two Cesana Torinese sides

 

[Red Rick]

Uhm, I'm unsure what to think of this. If they climb the Pragelato side twice that would basically confirm Finestre. However I heard Finestre is out too because it would take too long to prepare the gravel. Now my hope is that either Finestre is in after all or the article is bs entirely. My fear is that the only wrong information is that the Pragelato part and they will actually climb it from Pragelato once before the 2nd ascent being one of the two Cesana Torinese sides

 

[Forever The Best]

The planned stage 20 is 150 km with Sestriere x2, without Finestre. Awful stage, the worst plan B they could have made.

 

[Gigs_98]

Yeah but they only climb the Pragelato side once here. This stage is not the one the article describes

 

[Carols]

Is the shark fin gesture part of said dance?

It is Obligatory!

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

The Agnello, Italian for lamb, has been sacrificed. The Giro is lowkey giving off religious vibes. The Lord Shark shall resurrect after the three stages.

 

[Eclipse]

The triple Sestriere snoozer is official.

Should have been someone taking it on today

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

No chances to win it now. But I think he will give us a good show tomorrow, which honestly is all I care about at this point.

 

[Climbing]

Told you it was real...

 

[Giro1914]

From what I have seen at Madonna di Campiglio even Sestriere can make the difference if they ride hard

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

From what I have seen at Madonna di Campiglio even Sestriere can make the difference if they ride hard

For sure, but not the kind of difference Nibali needs. Gotta attack from the distance and if the climb is too easy then your opponents can draft behind teammates.

 

[SafeBet]

For sure, but not the kind of difference Nibali needs. Gotta attack from the distance and if the climb is too easy then your opponents can draft behind teammates.

Let's wait until Nibali at least attacks once in this Giro before pulling our whatifs.