Nico Rosberg is convinced he can still beat Lewis Hamilton at the Malaysian Grand Prix despite being comfortably beaten to pole at Sepang.Rosberg appeared to struggle on Saturday while Hamilton excelled; ?at one point in Q3 he was fifth and nearly a full second behind his Mercedes teammate. He managed to get himself back on the front row with his final run in the session, but still over 0.4s behind Hamilton.The German moved into the lead of the championship with a third straight win in Singapore, which followed a win in Monza, where he beat Hamilton off the line. Rosberg is optimistic he can claim a fourth victory in a row on Saturday.When asked if he had been going for pole on his final lap or looking just to recover from fifth, he replied: Of course Im going for pole, what else would I be doing out there? But Lewis lap was very quick so it was always going to be difficult. I would have come close but unfortunately I had a mistake in the last corner.Something just wasnt going right there in that last corner, I couldnt get the settings right, always got an over steer moment there but anyways, got to live with that now. As we know from this year, second place does not mean that victory is not possible tomorrow, weve seen that so many times, so Im still very optimistic for tomorrow.Rosberg thinks there will be plenty of variation on tyre strategy during the grand prix if he needs to do something different on strategy.Its only between the medium and the hard really, so yes its possible that we could see some variation, depends maybe also on the temperature and everything, but I dont think its going to be too exciting strategy-wise, because the tyres are pretty similar so I dont think its going to have such a deciding factor. 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LE LIORAN, France -- Vincenzo Nibalis struggles in the first hard climb of the Tour de France have settled the leadership debate within the Astana team.The 2014 Tour champion was dropped by the top Tour contenders in the punishing category-2 ascent of the Pas de Peyrol in Wednesdays first mountain stage, crossing the finish line at Le Lioran ski resort eight minutes and 38 seconds behind his younger Astana teammate Fabio Aru.After winning the Giro earlier this season, the Sicilian rider made the pledge that he would ride the Tour in support of Aru to focus instead on the Olympic Games road race next month. The plan was that Aru would return the favor by working for him in Rio, where both cyclists traveled in January to check out the course.But given Nibalis proud temper and stunning comeback on the penultimate stage of the Giro, there was speculation that he would play his personal card at cyclings showpiece event.Its now obvious that Nibali is not fresh enough to compete for the overall win.With three very difficult stages in the Pyrenees looming this weekend, Nibali dropped to 50th overall, 14.06 minutes behind new race leader Greg Van Avermaet.I wanted to stay near the front with Fabio, but I didnt have the legs and I wasnt having a good day so I really let it all go, Nibali said at his team bus after the 216-kilometer stage on the middle mountain roads of Massif Central.After the Giro, I took 15 days off. Itss not easy to race here after the Giro.dddddddddddd Weve all said many times that Fabio is racing for the Tour, so were here in support of him. Today it would have been nice to be alongside Fabio, but it wasnt my day. Im fine with this, I dont have any regret.Astana manager Alexandre Vinokourov said Nibali suffered from the heat and was not surprised by his riders failure to deliver.We knew he would not be a contender, Vinokourov said. Today was difficult for everybody, a real mountain stage even if the climbs were not so long. And everyone saw that Aru was there.A climbing specialist who won the Spanish Vuelta last year, Aru is widely regarded as a future great of his sport. At 25, he has also finished twice on the Giro podium and is attempting to win the Tour on his race debut. Only 11 cyclists have achieved the feat, including Eddy Merckx, Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil and Felice Gimondi.Aru, who was mentored by Nibali earlier in his career, was at ease throughout the days five climbs and crossed the line in the same time as favorites Chris Froome and Nairo Quintana, keeping his chances alive.Although he is not sure he will recover his form before the Pyrenees, Nibali repeated that he would try his best to help Aru. He is in great shape and we all want to ride a good race for him. ' ' '