Team News – Stage win for Nibali at Giro

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Pre-race favourite Vincenzo Nibali  (Astana) made up for his disappointment in the Dolomites by riding solo to victory at Risoul

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Team News – Stage win for Nibali at Giro

Pre-race favourite Vincenzo Nibali made up for his disappointment in the Dolomites by riding solo to victory at Risoul in French territory. Nibali, the 2013 champion, moved up from fourth to second overall, only 44 seconds behind Colombian Chaves, who finished third on Friday. Nibali rode clear on the final ascent and broke down in tears after beating Team Sky’s Mikel Nieve by 51 seconds, with Chaves a couple of seconds further adrift.

“I was overwhelmed by emotion – said Vincenzo Nibali just after winning in the French Alps – and so I cried. It hasn’t been a Giro d’Italia easy for me, but there is still one stage and I’ll try until the end.  “Climbing the Colle dell’Agnello – he continued – I did not feel 100% then I unlocked and I thought I could make a great exploit. I have to thank all my teammates who have made this victory possible. ”

“I’ve always known that something is likely to happen in the final days of a Grand Tour. I had good sensations in the high mountains today. Climbing the Colle dell’Agnello, I saw several riders suffering so I accelerated. Steven Kruijswijk wasn’t doing great. We had Michele Scarponi in an important breakaway. I mostly thought of winning the stage. I rode away and went straight to Risoul. It wasn’t simple to bounce back but inside myself, I kept believing that I could do something before the end of the Giro. This is for sure a beautiful victory but my favourite one remains Il Lombardia”.

Tomorrow, the twentieth stage from Guillestre to Sant’Anna di Vinadio. A short stages across the Alps features a remarkable 4,100m rise and drop in as little as 134km, with a sequence of four climbs and three descents. The route climbs up Col de Vars (19km), Col de la Bonette (22km), Col de la Lombarde (20km) and the final 2.3km leading to the Sant’Anna Sanctuary with gradients ranging from 9% to 11%

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