Nibali hoping for a final day of form at Il Lombardia

Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) will begin the final week of his 2018 season at the Tre Valli Varesine race on Tuesday, hoping he can somehow find a final spurt of form for Saturday's Il Lombardia after fighting back from the fractured vertebra he suffered on stage 12 of the Tour de France to Alpe d'Huez.

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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.