Tour de France: I'm right where I wanted to be, says Nibali
17 July 2018 05:57
Bahrain-Merida leader Vincenzo Nibali is ready for three tough days in the mountains, and says he's right where he wants to be with nine days of racing at the 2018 Tour de France ticked off. The 2014 Tour de France winner starts stage 10 on Tuesday in 12th place overall – 1:48 behind race leader Greg Van Avermaet (BMC), but 1:05 behind Team Sky's Geraint Thomas and just six seconds down on Thomas' Sky teammate and the defending Tour champion Chris Froome. While falling short of saying that he'll go on the offensive in the Alps, Nibali said that the three upcoming mountain stages will be "very selective".ADVERTISEMENT "We'll have to see how the race unfolds," the Italian told L'Equipe. "We'll have to see whether anyone goes on the attack, or whether it will be a case of waiting until later in the race. "So far, we haven't really had any significant climbs to see anyone do anything, except for Dan Martin on the Mûr-de-Bretagne [on stage 6]," he said. "But after nine days, I'm where I wanted to be. I was hoping not to lose any time before the mountains." Concerns that Nibali doesn't have a strong enough team to support him in the mountains were batted away as unimportant by the 33-year-old Italian.
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