Nibali shows his hand with late attack in Oman

Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) has admitted he is a little behind with his early season training and his thoughts are more about the imminent birth of his baby daughter than his racing, but he still tried to win stage four at the Tour of Oman by going on the attack in the finale with Peter Sagan (Cannondale) and Rigoberto Uran (Omega Pharma-Quick Step).

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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.