Tirreno-Adriatico 2012 (with SPOILERS)

[Flying_Monkey]

Shows Horner may be human after all...

 

[rich p]

Nibali did well and busted a gut to do it.
Short odds for the Giro?

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Nibali did well and busted a gut to do it.
Short odds for the Giro?

I think so - he's certainly laid down a marker.

 

[VamP]

Nibali did well and busted a gut to do it.
Short odds for the Giro?

Apparently Nibali is going to prioritize TdF this year. So it's not altogether certain he will ride Giro.

 

[rich p]

Apparently Nibali is going to prioritize TdF this year. So it's not altogether certain he will ride Giro.

Really?
The credibility of the Giro will be undermined if all the top riders go for the TdF to the exclusion of other races. It's a shame but partly self-inflicted by making the Giro so tough in recent years that they regard it as impossible to do both nowadays.

 

[VamP]

Well, this was what Kreuziger's dad said in an interview for a Czech paper. Who knows how much insight into Liquigas he has. His position was that Liquigas are openly talking about it.