Slongo reveals Nibali’s Tour de France numbers
Vincenzo Nibali’s coach is confident the Italian rider is on track to be competitive at the Tour de France and so have a chance of taking a rare back to back second victory.
Nibali had failed to win a race this season until taking the Italian national title in Turin on Saturday. He had spent the week before the race at a special Astana training camp in the Italian Dolomites, working on his speed and race fitness with Slongo and several key teammates.
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“We’re ready,” Slongo told Gazzetta dello Sport on Monday. “Nibali and the other riders polished their form at the camp at altitude at Passo San Pellegrino. We did a specific tough ride twice, covering 4000m of climbing in 160km that included the Sella, Campolongo, Valparola, Pordoi and then back up San Pellegrino. The riders did the valley roads behind my scooter and did intervals on the climbs, some of which were 30 minutes long just below threshold. Others efforts were 20 minutes long with the final 5-6 minutes over threshold.”
Slongo also revealed Nibali’s key numbers on the eve of the Tour de France.
“He’s at 64kg with about 5.8-6% of body fat. He’s at about the same point where he was last year. Of course in the race it will all depend on what is rivals do too.”
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