Giro d'Italia: Nibali escapes growing questions after stumbling on the climb to Oropa

Vincenzo Nibali is known for his bike handling and descending skills and used them well after the finish of the Giro d'Italia's stage 14, weaving through a media scrum, dozens of tifosi calling his name and a line of team cars to escape down to the Bahrain-Merida team bus parked five kilometres back down the climb.

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Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.