Vincenzo Nibali is due to head back to France to speak to magistrates after suffering a fractured vertebra during a crash in the Tour de France.
The Italian came down on the slopes of Alpe d’Huez after colliding with a fan during stage 12 and was forced to abandon.
Nibali is believed to have become tangled in the camera strap of a fan on the side of the heavily crowded roads near the summit of the climb in this year’s tour.
Cycling Weekly reported in August that Nibali’s Bahrain-Merida team were due to pursue a case against the Tour de France organisers after the crash.
Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport reported on Tuesday that Nibali is due to speak to French magistrates on November 10.
The meeting could happen in Grenoble, near the slopes of Alpe d'Huez or across the border in Italy, the newspaper said.
General manager of Bahrain-Merida, Brent Copeland told Gazzetta: “It will be a long thing.
“In the [UCI WorldTour] ranking we are seventh.
“We were aiming to close in the top five, and without Vincenzo’s accident at the Tour we would have succeeded.”
Speaking to Cycling Weekly in August, Copeland said the situation is unimaginable in other sports.
He said: “If you think about it, Vincenzo Nibali was lying there with a broken vertebra and a fan came there and pulled him up.
“Could you imagine that in football or the NFL?”
Smoke from flares, billowing flags and running fans made the situation chaotic on the famous climb. Four-time race winner Chris Froome (Sky) was hit twice by fans, and police arrested at least one individual.
Nibali’s crash was not the only time this season a camera strap affected racing.
At Il Lombardia on Sunday, Frenchman Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) got tangled in a camera strap on a climb 45km from the finish.
Bardet didn’t hit the floor but was pulled off his bike and came to a complete halt.
Since suffering the nasty injury at this year’s Tour, Nibali has been battling to return to form and finally appeared to be approaching his best at Il Lombardia, the final Monument of the season.
After making it into the final decisive move of the day with eventual winner Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Nibali lost contact with the Frenchmen and was caught by a chasing group, before attacking again and taking second place.
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