Vincenzo Nibali wants to race this weekend after Vuelta disqualification

Vincenzo Nibali is looking to ride in the GP Ouest France-Plouay on Sunday after he was dismissed from the Vuelta a Espana for holding onto a team car

Vincenzo Nibali on stage nineteen of the 2015 Tour de France (Watson)

(Image credit: Watson)

Italian Vincenzo Nibali is fighting to return to racing after being kicked out of the Vuelta a España for holding on to the team car too long. Nibali wants to race already this Sunday in the GP Ouest France-Plouay, but it may not happen.

The Vuelta a España organiser, Unipublic and the race jury sent Nibali home on Sunday only after two days racing. The 2010 race winner, and winner of the 2013 Giro d'Italia and 2014 Tour de France, took a long pull from the team car as he chased back from a crash.

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