Bahrain Victorious’ performance manager Rod Ellingworth believes Antonio Tiberi can put his world-class win on the UAE Tour’s hardest stage partly down to “turning a corner in his life,” with the Italian potentially just three stages away from confirming overall victory.
Now 24, the once top prospect is thriving at full potential at the start of his fourth season at Bahrain, with his victory atop the vicious Jebel Mobrah his first win at WorldTour-level, and a confirmation of his solid winter build-up.
“It was not a surprise internally. I think you can always name maybe five riders who you know are guaranteed, then there’s another 10 riders who have shown promise in the past or got potential and everything else – that’s where Antonio has sat for the last year or two, but I think he’s turned that corner a little bit now.”
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