After Vincenzo Nibali's disqualification for taking a tow from his team car on the Vuelta during Sunday's stage 2, Twitter went into overdrive.
Here's some of what was doing the rounds.
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Exclusive behind the scenes from Astana #Nibali pic.twitter.com/2n4sDWXKAi
— Jon (@mrjon1976) August 23, 2015
Foto de archivo: @vincenzonibali en su época de instituto. #nibali #lavuelta #lv2015 pic.twitter.com/O9gzk5SQiq — Ventura Mendoza (@miurihausen) August 23, 2015
Laughing like a drain at this #Nibali being DQed comment. #NibaliMcFly pic.twitter.com/pcr7p6R2H1
— Steven Medd (@BorisBedd) August 23, 2015
@vincenzonibali actually I just watched the video. I take it back. 10min penalty 1000 Swiss francs. #Nibali — Baden Cooke (@badencooke) August 23, 2015
la squalifica a #Nibali mi pare eccessiva, in passato altri hanno creato un precedente e sono finiti impuniti pic.twitter.com/zBDmt6d9VW
— Davide Piccinin (@Kingpic) August 23, 2015
Grande @GreyPea.. El incidente de Nibali en La Vuelta #cycling pic.twitter.com/dyLQKe67Em
— Pedro Pablo González (@pedropabloglez) August 23, 2015
Race report and Astana Pro Team statement - ST2 #LV2015 - http://t.co/vMLixuXxwx pic.twitter.com/5mqAOTjLxL — Astana Pro Team (@AstanaTeam) August 23, 2015
Rubbing salt into the wounds, Nibali's Strava file has just been flagged.
— Daniel Lloyd (@daniellloyd1) August 23, 2015
News of Nibali's exclusion reaches the Astana team pic.twitter.com/I86LPrktB2 — the Inner Ring (@inrng) August 23, 2015
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In light of Nibali's epic power bottle here is one of my favorite "Pro's holding onto a car" pics pic.twitter.com/xbzsk28X60
— Race Radio (@TheRaceRadio) August 23, 2015
Nibali still has one teammate left to pace him back pic.twitter.com/6rOkZ2VxXf — Scott O'Raw (@velocast) August 23, 2015
The art of skitching with Vincenzo Nibali...here's The Shark training just weeks prior to this year's Vuelta a... http://t.co/jCr7WfUuQo
— drunkcyclist (@drunkcyclist) August 24, 2015
Nibali is complaining about the suspension. He says it needs adjusting as it was hard to hold onto the car on the steep bits — Carlton Kirby (@carltonkirby) August 23, 2015
Think maybe what Nibali was forgetting is that even the UCI has a rule against taking the piss. http://t.co/jc53P0NsPS
— Michael Hutchinson (@Doctor_Hutch) August 23, 2015
Nibali on Froome's gripes about attack on Croix de Fer in TdF: "This from a guy who got kicked out of the 2010 Giro for holding onto a car." — Daniel Friebe (@friebos) August 23, 2015
So Nibali gets DQed from Vuelta and the Astana DS says what? "Try to find me an honest person in the peloton." Therein lies the problem.
— James Huang (@angryasian) August 23, 2015
Losing Nibali is one thing, these injuries to Paolo Tiralongo another.. pic.twitter.com/I4VGFLfPyO — Ned Boulting (@nedboulting) August 23, 2015
Astana asked the jury to apply the maximal penalty: 10' but to keep Nibali in the race (via @AinaraHernando)
— José Been (@TourDeJose) August 23, 2015
Is his where @vincenzonibali got his inspiration for #Vuelta2015 https://t.co/69bxp5MmgX — Twit in the TeamCar (@CuchulainnRas) August 23, 2015
Can't stop watching #Nibali & the car racing away. It needs cartoon speeding sounds. Hilariously stupid. #LV2015
— Bronagh (@BeebsyMcA) August 23, 2015
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