Ha, Nibali will NOT do Roubaix this April… That was clear… :-(
He is a great rider, which I always respected. But in this case, what he did is just bulls*it.
Talk some cr*p about the classics, „Bla, bla, bla, I‘m doing Roubaix“, and then, in February, he decides not to do Roubaix. Why has he even announced it? I was so happy to see him doing Roubaix this year, and now I‘m so sad and disappointed. Now I realize it was all a PR joke. We, as his fans (as a cycling fan, you HAVE TO be a Nibali fan), and the ASO as the company of Roubaix, now got disappointed - and ASO don‘t deserve that.
This is a really sad story. Nibali is such an honest guy - now, you cannot even trust HIS word any more. Sad for the community of cycling.
Suddenly, Cancellara came to my mind: he repeatedly talked about doing Liege and Lombardia to win, and not even once did Liege and Lombardia. I thought Nibali was more serious about his plans of doing Roubaix, and was bitterly disappointed today… :-( cry