Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) has come down from altitude training and will continue his Giro d`Italia preparation at the Tour of the Alps next week. The 34-year-old Italian, who most recently raced to eighth place at Milan-San Remo, has been training on the Teide volcano in Spain with trainer Paolo Slongo before jumping into the hilly five-day race that starts April 22 in Kufstein and concludes April 26 in Bolzano. `The work has been intense, and I will need to find race rhythm, but there`s still time before the Giro begins Nibali said in a statement released by the race. `I feel confident.` ADVERTISEMENT Nibali has won the race twice under its previous name of Giro del Trentino, but he missed the race last year as he was skipping the Giro and aiming for the Tour de France. With he Giro and the Tour on his menu this year, the Italian is returning to the race. `I feel connected to this race,` Nibali said. `I won my first Giro del Trentino in 2008, repeating the success in 2013, the season of my first Giro d`Italia success. I still remember the emotions of the win in Folgaria, winning ahead of Franco Pellizotti, who will be in my team car as sports director in this year`s Tour of the Alps.` The 2019 Tour of the Alps will offer a typically rigorous warm-up ahead of the Giro, with almost 14,000 metres of total climbing to feature across five stages. Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) beat Domenico Pozzovivo (Bahrain-Merida) and Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) to win the 2018 edition of the race.
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