Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) explained that his Giro d'Italia attacks were worth it even if crashed twice on the wet roads to Pescara. The Italian, third in the Tour de France, helped put the pressure on Bradley Wiggins (Sky) and saw him lose 1-24 minutes.
"If you think that there's a big time trial tomorrow and Wiggins is the time trial king, who put three minutes into me at the Tour..." Nibali said to a few journalists including Cycling Weekly with his head poked out the bus. "My goal was not to risk it too much, but I gained some time, so it was good. I lost a little something with the crash, but weighing it up it went well. I'm looking at the cup half full."
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