Giro d'Italia 2019 - Vincenzo Nibali, Primoz Roglic praised by Bradley Wiggins

Movistar rider Carapaz rode a fantastic race as he finished 1:05 up on Nibali in GC, sealing his first Grand Tour victory at the age of 26, and a first Giro triumph for his country.

Nibali rode an aggressive race in the mountains and wowed crowds with his ascent of the Mortirolo in particular. At 34, time may be running out to add to his collection of four Grand Tours, but Wiggins thought his display over three weeks on his home roads suggested that The Shark may not have finished hunting just yet.

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"I wouldn't say no," he said on The Bradley Wiggins Show, available on all major podcast providers on Monday morning. "I wouldn't write him off until he retires.

"If you take Carapaz out of it, it would have been a phenomenal performance, wouldn't it? He would have gone away on the Mortirolo, Landa would probably have gone with him and this would have become a two-horse battle between him and Landa.

"At the end of the day, he had a fantastic Giro d'Italia. In his performance in isolation, Carapaz was stronger. So it made his (Nibali's) performance look like he wasn't at the level he was three or four years ago, but he was. And I think it was just that Carapaz, we can't take anything away from the fact that he was by far and away the strongest rider."

Jumbo-Visma rider Roglic started the Giro in sensational form, claiming the maglia rosa with a blistering time trial on Stage 1. The Slovenian cruised through the first week but tailed off in the mountains, finishing 2:30 back on GC for third place.

But Wiggins felt Roglic won the hearts of cycling fans - even if he didn't quite have the team on the road to help deliver his first Grand Tour.

"He has had adversity through this race, he had no team support," said Wiggins. "His team director, a pair of idiots in the car behind, he had no guidance from that point of view on the radio.

"And he showed in an interview again a couple of days ago, when he was smiling for once because the guys were all shouting his name behind, all the supporters, and he was very philosophical, very upbeat, and I just think suddenly then he showed the human side of him and I think that's where he's done more for his support in this race than at any other race before."

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