Nibali-Roglic, clarification strikes

Also in Courmayeur, as happened in Ceresole, Vincenzo Nibali crossed the finish line together with Primoz Roglic. The two big favorites for the final victory of the 2019 Giro mark each other man-to-man in the mountain stages, but at the end of Friday’s stage, the Sicilian had not missed some barbs towards the Slovenian, accusing him of a too wait-and-see race conduct.

Now, the clarification: “You have to understand me on my statements yesterday, I am Sicilian – said Nibali – As Montalbano says, when the ‘cabasisi’ turn… Today also collaborated Roglic and we gave each other some good blows on the teeth. We tried to have a good action on the hardest climb of the day, Colle San Carlo. Roglic is very solid. Hard to say if he wanted to lose the pink jersey on purpose, today unlike the past days he cooperated. We passed this triptych, but tomorrow will be a tough day as well.”