Nibali is another rider who has had a less than ideal preparation for the first grand tour of the year. The Trek-Segafredo leader crashed during training two weeks ago and broke his wrist.
“The Shark” has not let that slow him down and he has been fitted with a wrist brace to allow him to continue training for his home race.
“A carbon brace, developed by Fabrizio Borra, will accompany me in my recovery path. I don’t want to leave any stone unturned to be at Giro d’Italia,” Nibali wrote on social media earlier this month.
“We are doing our best. But we need patience, lucidity and caution before any decision. Every day until May 8 will be precious.”
Updated / Friday, 26 Feb 2021
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Bennett won his second stage of the opening UCI WorldTour event of the season
Sam Bennett doubled up with a second win at the UAE Tour as he took stage six in a sprint ahead of Elia Viviani and Pascal Ackermann.
As expected, the 165km stage from Deira Island came down to a bunch sprint on the Palm Jumeirah, where Bennett was expertly guided into place by Deceuninck-Quick-Step team-mate Michael Morkov, making it look easy as his rivals could only scrap for second place.
Jumbo-Visma s David Dekker looked best placed to challenge Bennett but faded to fourth as Viviani and Ackermann came around him.
Sam Bennett sprints to another stage win at UAE Tour
The 30-year-old is aiming for a hat-trick of victories in tomorrow’s seventh and final stage. By AFP Friday 26 Feb 2021, 1:06 PM Feb 26th 2021, 1:06 PM 4,475 Views 3 Comments
It wasn t even close! Dominant finish from Bennett, to claim his second stage win of #UAETour 2021 @AbuDhabiSC@DubaiSCpic.twitter.com/lK8Ib2W3S5 UAE Tour Official (@uae tour) February 26, 2021
IRELAND’S SAM BENNETT won the penultimate stage six of cycling’s UAE Tour today, confirming his early season form to claim his second victory at the Palm Jumeirah Island finish with ease.
After Thursday’s possibly decisive 20km uphill finish, the overall race leader Tadej Pogacar was able to take it easy on the run around Dubai, leaving the glory to the sprint specialists while he maintained his advant