Vincenzo Nibali was hosted at the Processo alla Tappa after the 13th stage of the Giro d’Italia 2024. In the program produced by Rai, the documentary “The 7th champion”, which will be broadcast on Rai 2, was previewed, on the Squalo dello Strait and the Sicilian also spoke about the hot times of this Giro.
On the stage run yesterday by Mirco Maestri, in the breakaway together with Julian Alaphilippe: “Nothing stopped him from dreaming of a second place, he tried to get as far as possible and got along with Alaphilippe to do the most of what he could do. Also important to show the shirt and pay homage to all the work that Ivan Basso has done with this team“.
On fate of the Giro d’Italia from here on out and on Pogacar’s management in the race: “If we look at the ranking today, that is, Martinez is 2’40” behind Pogacar, it is a big gap. But the Giro never ended: we heard it from the riders themselves. Pogacar himself said that every day there is something different in each stage, there is an attack. Today there was a little wind and if there had been a little more wind something could have happened.”
“This Giro d’Italia forces all riders to face difficulties that they cannot foresee. Tadej himself doesn’t know what he’ll find tomorrow, he’s a time trial and it suits him, but it’s still treacherous. Compared to previous years he is running much better, perhaps in Prati di Tivo I would have put a little more advantage and then conserved energy in the subsequent stages, however in the past he spent much more energy“.
