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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vincenzo Nibali (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bahrain-Merida) began the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of the Alps looking for signs he was on form and ready for the rapidly approaching 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia. His sudden attack 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:on the final climb during stage 1 came toও little result, but for someone who often prefers to follow his instincts rather than his power metre, it was an important morale boost after we🥃eks of hard training.

The attack with Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe), Pavel Sivakov and Tao Geoghegan Hart (Team Sky) was eventually closed down by the Astana team, and N💟ibali finished 17th in the 21-r♌ider sprint. But the Sicilian was happy as he rode back to the Bahrain-Merida team bus in Kufstein.

"I felt good and there was a chance to do something, so I went for it," Nibali explained to Cyclingnews and La Gazzetta dello Sport.

"My attack was easy to see because my chain jumped when I was out of the saddle and everyone saw me go. But I decided to go for it and see what happened. Sivakov was struggling a b꧙it because he'd made a big effort, but Majka was up for it and so was Geoghegan Hart," he said.

"Astana quickly got organised behind and so they closed us down. That's OK, despite bein🍬g former teammates and friends, we're still rivals in the race. They've got Pello Bilbao who's on good form, and so they didn't want to lose any time."

Nibali has not raced since finishing eighth at Milan-San Remo a month ago.💎 He recently spent two weeks training at altitude on Moun🍌t Teide to prepare for the Giro d'Italia and was keen to feel the benefits of the hard work.

"I've got the taste ⛎of blood in my mouth because it was a big effort in my first race back after the camp. But I'm happy, it's g♏ood to go deep at race speed," Nibali said.

💜"This is a good race to test your form. I'll also do Liège-Bastogne-Liège, which is a long day out. Here the stages are short, but that means th🅘e racing will be intense and explosive. That'll help me for the Giro d'Italia."

Nibali revealed he ha♒s been forced to adjust his position in the saddle after his crash at last year's Tour de𒁏 France.

He was brought down by a spectator's camera strap on the climb to L'Alpe d'Huez and underwent surgery to fill and stabilise the fractured T10 vertebrae so he could make a rapid recovery and return to rac🌜ing in time for the Vuelta a Espana and UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck.

"I suffered at the start of the season due to making a late start to racing and my crash," Nibali explaiﷺned.

"My p🤡osture and back has changed after the crash, but things are going well. I'm optimistic, the team and I know we've wor🐎ked well. It's good to feel on track for the Giro d'Italia."

Nibali's only sadness was for former friend and teammate Michele Scarponi, who won the opening stag🐷e of the 2017 Tour of the Alps in nearby Innsbruck but was tragically 🎶killed on his home roads in central Italy the day after returning home from the race.

"I don't want t🃏o think too much about Michele and remember him publicly because I've never wanted to be in that situation," Nibali explained.

"I'd love for Michele to be here racing with us, to be here laughing and jꦍoking with us as he always did."