You are a bit too analytical for the way this thread has been going for the last couple of years. Now it's more like Sergeant Nibali's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
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You are a bit too analytical for the way this thread has been going for the last couple of years. Now it's more like Sergeant Nibali's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Here you can watch, if you understand Italian a talkshow in which Johnny Carrera, Nibali's agent talks about his future. With my beginner level in Italian there are few interesting things to share.
First that his numbers on Teide were very good, he was supposed to fight for the overall. The crash and subsequent stop for 7-10 days brought him down to what we see today.
Then for next contract there are three options, Trek, Astana and one "not quite named but we know which" Belgian team. Obviously he is not disclosing anything. Nibali wants to ride, he wants to have fun and continue, he is not pushing for money.
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First that his numbers on Teide were very good, he was supposed to fight for the overall. The crash and subsequent stop for 7-10 days brought him down to what we see today.
Then for next contract there are three options, Trek, Astana and one "not quite named but we know which" Belgian team. Obviously he is not disclosing anything. Nibali wants to ride, he wants to have fun and continue, he is not pushing for money.
Ciclomercato, le mosse dei top team per il 2022 - BIKE
Le tre opzioni sul piatto di Nibali, dove finiscono Sagan e Viviani, come si stanno muovendo Deceuninck, Jumbo, Uae e Ineos.
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We'll never know. But Trek DS said that the plan before the crash was with Nibali as captain. They must have known he was better than a stage hunter.
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Considering how he's going now with the stop prior the Giro, I have no doubt he would be pretty decent.
Mostly I would love seeing him hit a proper peak in the third week, so as to know he can compete if not in stage races, maybe in one day ones.
Mostly I would love seeing him hit a proper peak in the third week, so as to know he can compete if not in stage races, maybe in one day ones.
Interesting interview, thanks for sharing.
The agent said something along the lines of "I can guarantee that his numbers were very, very, very good and that he was going to compete for the win at the Giro". He seemed pretty convinced of it, so if he was lying he did a very good job.
Other than that, I think all of the three options are really good for Vincenzo. Also loved how the idea of him going to Ineos was dismissed after they laughed at his ability to speak English.
Btw, there is a slim chance that he ends up being reunited with Sagan in that certain unnamed Belgian team. That would be pretty cool to see.
The agent said something along the lines of "I can guarantee that his numbers were very, very, very good and that he was going to compete for the win at the Giro". He seemed pretty convinced of it, so if he was lying he did a very good job.
Other than that, I think all of the three options are really good for Vincenzo. Also loved how the idea of him going to Ineos was dismissed after they laughed at his ability to speak English.
Btw, there is a slim chance that he ends up being reunited with Sagan in that certain unnamed Belgian team. That would be pretty cool to see.
Alberto's numbers in the last years of his career were also very good, better than ever.
This GT turned out to be The Thing That Should Not Be (unfortunately, because both of them were in super-form).
Interesting interview in corriere.it some bits:
The worst moment so far?
"The San Giacomo stage, in Ascoli: there I really feared I would blow up at any moment."
Will we see the real Nibali again before the end of the Giro?
"I have an anger in me that you can't even imagine. Only I know how I had prepared and what I lost with the fracture. What can I say? In every uphill finish I pay in the final 2km, I lack acceleration and explosiveness."
Plan B, at 2'13" from Bernal, is to make yourself available to your Trek Segafredo teammate Giulio Ciccone, fourth at 37".
"As a team we're doing well, Giulio has a great condition but a different role: he's never made the general classification, he remains an unknown. I hope I can guide him in the mountains. I'm suffering like a dog and I'm living day by day, we're halfway through the Giro and I hope my form will improve in view of the Alps. In the meantime, I'm staying there, holding on, you never know what can happen in such a long race."
"The goal is to play it all as Trek and bring something good to Milan. But I'm not putting my ambitions aside: I'm ready to get back in the game."
Where? On the Zoncolan or in the Dolomites with the Coppi peak (Pordoi), Fedaia and Giau?
"It's hard to say right now. But I'll try to leave a mark also on this Giro, my tenth".
The worst moment so far?
"The San Giacomo stage, in Ascoli: there I really feared I would blow up at any moment."
Will we see the real Nibali again before the end of the Giro?
"I have an anger in me that you can't even imagine. Only I know how I had prepared and what I lost with the fracture. What can I say? In every uphill finish I pay in the final 2km, I lack acceleration and explosiveness."
Plan B, at 2'13" from Bernal, is to make yourself available to your Trek Segafredo teammate Giulio Ciccone, fourth at 37".
"As a team we're doing well, Giulio has a great condition but a different role: he's never made the general classification, he remains an unknown. I hope I can guide him in the mountains. I'm suffering like a dog and I'm living day by day, we're halfway through the Giro and I hope my form will improve in view of the Alps. In the meantime, I'm staying there, holding on, you never know what can happen in such a long race."
"The goal is to play it all as Trek and bring something good to Milan. But I'm not putting my ambitions aside: I'm ready to get back in the game."
Where? On the Zoncolan or in the Dolomites with the Coppi peak (Pordoi), Fedaia and Giau?
"It's hard to say right now. But I'll try to leave a mark also on this Giro, my tenth".
Yeah especially in 2013.
I must admit when they says things like that I'm quite skeptical.
Nibali never talks numbers tho. He just gets grumpy before deleting the opposition
Guys I'm starting to get the feeling it might not actually be in the bag
Okay maybe Nibali talking Giro winning numbers wasn't hyping himself up but pure disrespect for Giro field.
La Toussuire incoming. Yes he will finish above Ciccone. The Bag might be gone but not forgotten.
And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the bag passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance came, it ensnared another bearer.
I am suddenly seeing parallels between The Trophy Cabinet and Smaugs lair.
I decided about a dozen years ago I wanted to read the entire legendarium
I still haven't. Only read the LOTR in Dutch.
The bag blew away in a training crash last month and won't be found till mid July. I might even open a thread on it round then if the demand is there for it.
Dude, do you expect me to understand this? Who do you think I am? Some kind of nerd?
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