Nibali begins rehabilitation after Tour de France crash
22 July 2018 10:27
Vincenzo Nibali is recovering from his Tour de France crash at home in Lugano, Switzerland, confident his fractured vertebrae will heal in time for him to line up at the Vuelta a Espana on August 25 and so target the world road race championships in Innsbruck on September 30. Nibali collected a special orthopaedic corset on Saturday, which he will wear when standing, to ensure his vertebrae are held in the correct position. The Vuelta a Espana starts in 35 days and Nibali hopes to recover in time for the final Grand Tour of the season.ADVERTISEMENT “I’ve come back from worse injuries. Fortunately what happened doesn’t seem to have compromised the final part of my season, the Vuelta and the world championships,” Nibali confirmed to La Gazzetta dello Sport after returning home to Lugano from the Tour de France. “I first need to rest up for quite a few days because there’s nothing I can do while I’m still in pain.” Nibali underwent a detailed scan on Sunday that confirmed the fracture in his T10 vertebrae in the centre of his back. A further scan will be done in 20 days to confirm the bone is healing.
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