Vincenzo Nibali draws 2014 season to a close

Vincenzo Nibali to race Tour of Almaty in Kazakhstan this weekend

Vincenzo Nibali on stage fourteen of the 2014 Tour de France

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali ended his season in Spain's wet northwest on Sunday racing the World Championship road race. He will push on to compete one more race in his sponsor's country, the Tour of Almaty in Kazakhstan, but officially, he considers 2014 over.

"My season ends here," team Astana's Italian said. "I'll go to Almaty only because my team asked me to do so."

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.