Vincenzo Nibali rolls back the years with shark attack on stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia

37-year-old up to fifth on general classification with five stages left

Vincenzo Nibali
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The last time Vincenzo Nibali rode the Giro d'Italia for Astana, in 2016, the world was very different. The UK was yet to have its Brexit referendum, the idea of President Donald Trump was ridiculous, and the concept of having a novel coronavirus pandemic was a mystery but all but the nerdiest epidemiologists.

Six years on, and the world might have changed, but Nibali is back at the Kazakh team where he had his greatest successes, and is still racing hard at his home Grand Tour.

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