Vincenzo Nibali training on the track, but not for the Hour Record

Tour de France champion Vincenzo Nibali is honing his form in the velodrome for the road season ahead, rather than training for the Hour Record

Vincenzo Nibali at the Astana training camp in 2015

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Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) is training on the track in Valencia, Spain, this week, to prepare himself for the 2015 season... but not the Hour Record.

"I don't think he'll ever attempt the Hour Record," Astana's head coach, Paolo Slongo told Cycling Weekly. "He's too skinny to race for the Hour Record."

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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.