Tiberi, Giro man: “The podium in Rome is worth a victory”

Being told to remember Vincenzo Nibali a little is at the same time a push that can help you take flight and a ballast that risks weighing down every pedal stroke. Antonio Tiberi has known all this for a while – at least since as a junior he won the world time trial title in 2019 – and he has learned to live with it. It’s not easy for anyone to come ‘after’ the Sicilian, a champion who marked an era and who Italy desperately misses. Yet this boy from Lazio, in his own small way and in relation to his age, has already managed to get ahead of the Shark by finishing fifth in the 2024 Giro d’Italia – complete with the best youngster’s jersey – even before turning 23. “But now the bar is raised – comments the Lazio player from Bahrain-Victorious -, I’m the first to know and rightly so. For the next edition the objective will be not only the confirmation of the white jersey, but the final podium in Rome “.