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Giro d'Italia 2021 - Vincenzo Nibali to ride race despite fracturing wrist three weeks ago
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Published 03/05/2021 at 14:17 GMT+1
The 2021 Giro d’Italia will start from Turin on May 8 and finish in Milan on May 30 after almost 3500 kilometers. In between, the race will put on the table several opportunities for the sprinters, a stage on Tuscany’s white roads, and a plethora of daunting climbs. The Giro is live and ad-free on the Eurosport App and eurosport.co.uk. Download the Eurosport app now for iOS and Android.
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Trek-Segafredo have confirmed two-time Giro d'Italia winner Vincenzo Nibali will race at the 2021 Giro d'Italia despite fracturing his wrist three weeks ago.
The 2013 and 2016 GC champion will travel to Turin for the opening stage after a final medical check-up.
"We’re gonna need a bigger boat! The Shark is coming to the Giro d'Italia," Trek-Segafredo wrote, citing a famous line from the film Jaws and in reference to Nibali's nickname: The shark from the Messina Strait.
Nibali suffered a wrist fracture on April 14 after crashing in training near his home and underwent surgery two days later. He was cleared to resume training with a brace and has been altitude training in the Livigno for nine days recently.
Nibali will enter his home Grand Tour after seven weeks without racing.
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You can watch the race unfold on eurosport.co.uk and the Eurosport app and Eurosport 1 across the three weeks. An ad-free livestream of the Giro d'Italia 2021 will run throughout the event on the Eurosport app and Eurosport.co.uk. You can download the Eurosport app for iOS and Android now.
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