Vincenzo Nibali doesn’t go back but his admission displaces everyone

Shark doesn’t rule out resounding second thoughts

Vincenzo Nibali, with ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport,’ spoke among other things about his future, displacing insiders in no small part: while confirming his intention to say stop at the end of the season, the Shark has in fact left a ‘little door’ open to projects that he may consider interesting.

“It is no longer a mystery that I had spoken at the Giro d’Italia with Ivan Basso, already on the sidelines of the Naples stage,” Nibali explained. “He imagined me in the Eolo-Kometa jersey for the first months of 2023, perhaps up to Milan-San Remo or the Tour of Sicily. I had told him no, hot on his heels.”

“The farewell I did at the Giro d’Italia, with the finale at the Arena, was very nice,” he added. “As you know, it is very likely that I will do some races with fat wheels, on mountain bikes, because to close completely is not nice. And I would like to talk again with Mauro Vegni, director of the Giro, and Urbano Cairo. At the same time, I say that Basso’s is an important, interesting project.”

“Second thoughts? Honestly, at this moment, I think not. But if there was a concrete proposal, it could be analyzed, evaluated. I think it would be right to do so,” concluded the Sicilian champion.