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RSS FeedsNibali to ride Giro d`Italia and Tour de France in 2019
(Cyclingnews.com)

 
 

13 december 2018 04:34:09

 
Nibali to ride Giro d`Italia and Tour de France in 2019
(Cyclingnews.com)
 


Vincenzo Nibali has announced that he will ride both the Giro dŽItalia and Tour de France in 2019. Speaking at the Bahrain-Merida team presentation in Hvar, Croatia, on Wednesday afternoon, Nibali outlined his plans, noting a third Giro dŽItalia victory would be his principal objective of the coming season. `IŽll try to reach the Giro in top condition. From then, weŽll see what energy I have left for the Tour. But I want to do well there too, and weŽll go there with a very strong team,` Nibali said. Nibali has ridden the Giro dŽItalia and Tour de France in the same season on two previous occasions. As a young rider in 2008, he placed 11th at the Giro dŽItalia before finishing his debut Tour de France in 20th overall. In 2016, Nibali claimed overall victory at the Giro dŽItalia before placing 30th in the Tour de France, which he rode expressly in preparation for the Rio Olympics. 2019 ought to mark NibaliŽs first concerted attempt at winning the Giro dŽItalia and Tour de France in the same year, although he stressed that the extent of his ambition in July would depend wholly on how well he recovers from his efforts in May. He is set to race more sparingly in the opening part of the 2019 season with the Giro-Tour double in mind. European debut in 2019 Bahrain-Merida confirmed that Nibali would make his season debut at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana on February 6. He will then ride the new UAE Tour (Feb 25-March 2) that is part of the WorldTour and Tirreno-Adriatico (March 13-19). He will defend his Milan-San Remo title on Saturday March 23. The Grand Tour training will begin in early April at altitude with Nibali riding the Tour of the Alps (April 22-26) and liege-Bastogne-Liege before the Giro dŽItalia. He is unlikely to race any other stage races between the Giro dŽItalia and the Tour de France.ADVERTISEMENT `It will depend on my condition and how I come out of the Giro. The Giro uses up a lot of strength. I have tried to do two Grand Tours in recent ...


 
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