Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali has responded to the challenge laid down by Tinkoff-Saxo team owner Oleg Tinkov, who offered up €1 million to each of the top competitors to compete in each of the three Grand Tours.
On Twitter, Nibali said ""Se io fossi in @olegtinkov il milione di € lo utilizzerei per costruire giovani squadre per un grande futuro!!" (If I was Oleg Tinkov, I'd use the €1 million to build development teams for a great future."
Tinkov later replied in Italian, "Why or? I could do both!" Team manager Stefano Feltrin replied, "if you race @giroditalia Oleg will bankroll an u23 team!"