Vincenzo Nibali absent from Giro d'Italia for final shot at Tour de France

Vincenzo Nibali is not riding this year's Giro d'Italia and so will miss the three stages in Sicily, but he has revealed he gave up a chance to race on his local roads to have what is probably a final chance to win a second Tour de France. Nibali is likely to return to the Giro d'Italia in 2019 and is close to extending his contract with Bahrain-Merida to include the 2020 and possibly even the 2021 seasons.