Tour de France, Vincenzo Nibali pushes Italians to break curse

Vincenzo Nibali presented in the Gazzetta dello Sport about the Tour de France: “On the eve, on a scale of 1 to 10, Pogacar deserves 10. But, if the theme is the Tour, I give Vingegaard a 9. Not so far off, then. And while we are at it, to Evenepoel I give 8, and so we named the entire 2024 podium, in the same order. Indeed, there is nothing now to suggest that the hierarchies have changed”.

“No grand tour is already decided at the start. None. Then, thinking back to the Dauphiné, the values expressed in the climbs were very high. I wonder, will Pogacar improve further? I think not. Can he maintain that level? Yes. But I think Vingegaard has the margin to grow, to get closer” added the Shark.

The’last stage won by an Italian is still the one on July 27, 2019, signed just by Nibali: “This year is the good one to break such a negative streak. Starting, first of all, with Jonathan Milan and Filippo Ganna. They have the quality, the depth, the strength to score already in the first days”.