Vincenzo Nibali

Andrew Hood looks back at three weeks of racing through Italy and comes up with his five main takeaways from the race.

Though Vincenzo Nibali and Tom Dumoulin made peace after exchanging harsh words, the race was on in stage 19.

Thursday's stage 18 contains five climbs and could potentially shake up the GC standings.

Sky's Mikel Landa lost Tuesday's stage 16 by fractions of a wheel to Vincenzo Nibali.

Vincenzo Nibali turns around his Giro d'Italia fortunes with a signature victory in the race's mountainous stage 16 over the Stelvio.

With the Giro's Milan finish days away, the climbers in the peloton must make up some time on race leader and TT specialist Tom Dumoulin.

Vincenzo Nibali's star may no longer burn as bright, but some say he's as good, if not better than when he won his second Giro last year.

Vincenzo Nibali admits that his relations with rival Nairo Quintana are frosty. He looks ahead to the next summit finish, Blockhaus in stage 9.

Vincenzo Nibali was welcomed to his hometown, Messina, Italy, in the Giro d'Italia's stage 5, but he was short one teammate.

Top Giro d'Italia favorites Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana are steeling themselves for the race's first mountaintop test, the Etna volcano.

Vincenzo Nibali won the Giro d'Italia in 2013 and 2016. After a slow start to 2017, Italian fans are unsure if their star can claim another title.

The "Race of the Two Seas" kicks off Wednesday with a team time trial and runs through March 14.

The Italian and four-time grand tour champion kicks off his season at the Tour de San Juan Monday.

Grand tour star Vincenzo Nibali says that the birth of his Bahrain-Merida team this 2017 season makes him proud.

Vincenzo Nibali is among greatest Italian cyclists ever but says he is realistic about comparisons to Fausto Coppi, who won seven grand tours.

The pair rode together for five seasons at Liquigas, and will be teammates next year on the new Middle Eastern WorldTour team.

Vincenzo Nibali is critical of Italian backers who were wary of funding a WorldTour team. Instead, his new squad is based in Bahrain.

Vincenzo Nibali gears up to start the new year with a new team, and insists he's just one of several talents on the roster

Giro race director Mauro Vegni expects the 2017 edition of the grand tour to attract top stars, and he hopes Chris Froome is one of them.

Nibali throws down the gauntlet to Tour de France champion Chris Froome on Tuesday, challenging the Briton to ride the Giro.

The Italian will compete in Tuesday's Tre Valli Varesine and a few other races this fall before he switches teams over the winter.

The squad led by Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa has Vincenzo Nibali, Enrico Gasparotto, and others on its lineup.

A crash inside the final 20 kilometers of the men's Olympic road race leaves Vincenzo Nibali with a broken collarbone

Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali confirms that he'll race for new Bahrain team in 2017. He'll bring several other Italians aboard.

The Bahrain team gets a major boost with addition of team manager Brent Copeland and bicycle sponsor Merida, both from Lampre.

Vincenzo Nibali is a top favorite at the Rio Olympics, which he says may be his last chance to win a gold medal on a course that favors him.

Multiple teams came to the Tour de France with more than one GC option, but potential conflicts have fizzled out.

Vincenzo Nibali rides a custom-painted Specialized S-Works Tarmac. His bike's paint highlights his grand tour wins and aquatic predilections

With the trading season opening August 1, teams, riders, and agents are jockeying for position in the market.

Fabio Aru has had an unimpressive run-up to the Tour de France. However, Astana will bet on the young Italian, not former champ Vincenzo Nibali, as team leader.

Despite having multiple grand tour victories between them, Vincenzo Nibali and Alejandro Valverde are lining up for this year's Tour as domestiques

Everything looks to be on track for the first-ever Middle Eastern team to join the WorldTour for 2017, led by Italian Vincenzo Nibali.

The Giro is finally over. We break down four of the biggest questions coming out of the race.

Showing his fierce side, Vincenzo Nibali needed just two stages to show the Giro peloton he was worthy of winning another pink jersey.

Specialized unveiled a stunning, shiny, pink S-Works Tarmac for Vincenzo Nibali to ride to glory on the Giro d'Italia's final day.

With a second career Giro win now officially wrapped up, VIncenzo Nibali has his sights set on the next goal: the Rio Olympics

The rider they call "The Shark" stayed aggressive to the end in the Giro d'Italia, and it paid off

Vincenzo Nibali ripped apart the Giro d'Italia in stage 20, winning the day and coming within striking distance of the maglia rosa.

The Giro d'Italia's brutal stage 19 sees Vincenzo Nibali earn redemption with a win, while Esteban Chaves takes the overall race lead.

The Giro d'Italia's final standings will be decided in two short Alpine stages where Chaves, Valverde, and Nibali all promise to attack.

Vincenzo Nibali began stage 18 nearly 5:00 out of first place, but his team remains positive that he can turn the Giro on its head.

The Giro's 15th stage serves up a reversal of fortunes for Alejandro Valverde and Vincenzo Nibali

Steven Kruijswijk, Vincenzo Nibali, and Esteban Chaves round out the Giro's top 3 overall after a decisive day in the Dolomites

Global Cycling Network gets up close and personal with Vincenzo Nibali's new, custom-painted Specialized at the Giro d'Italia.

Vincenzo Nibali says the team car changed the race plan midway through stage 6, and he paid the price, losing time on the final climb.

As the Giro heads to Italy, Vincenzo Nibali is already ahead of his top rivals for the pink jersey

The year's first grand tour kicks off May 6, and three riders stand above the rest of the field as favorites to win the overall.

The Italian won the race in 2013 and said he's excited to compete for the pink jersey in his home grand tour.

A Bahraini team is quietly taking shape, and the squad is reportedly targeting Vincenzo Nibali and a spot in the WorldTour.

Vincenzo Nibali will attempt to win his second Giro title next month. His trainer and sport director says he's ready for the challenge.

Astana wins the Giro del Trentino's opening team time trial, positioning Vincenzo Nibali for a run at a third win in the Italian stage race.

A handful of top riders have come close to Sanremo glory — Andrew Hood considers five favorites who've never broken through in Italy.

After initially saying he would not race Milano-Sanremo this year, Vincenzo Nibali will now lead Astana in Saturday's Italian monument.

Matt Brammeier raises Vincenzo Nibali's hackles with strong words on Twitter, prompting Italian Tour champ to consider legal action.

Vincenzo Nibali and Astana threaten to skip Giro after missing out on Tirreno queen stage, illustrating rift in peloton over extreme weather protocol.

Van Garderen, Talansky, Valverde, Contador, and Nibali are all queuing up to race Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico.

Scenes from the final stage of the Tour of Oman, won by Alexander Kristoff in a sprint

Alexander Kristoff sprints to another win in the final stage of the Tour of Oman as Vincenzo Nibali takes the overall title

The Astana star shuffled his grand tour schedule this season and will try to win the Giro d'Italia in May instead of the Tour de France.

The Italian wins stage 4 at the Tour of Oman atop Green Mountain, putting him in the driver's seat with two stages remaining.

Vincenzo Nibali says if he decides to leave Astana another team for 2017, he would take teammates and staff members with him.

Vincenzo Nibali finished 14th overall at the Tour de San Luis, and next heads to a training camp with Astana.

Despite his stated goal of the Giro d'Italia, former Tour champ Nibali says he may actually race the Grande Boucle in July.

Vincenzo Nibali's infamous tow in the Vuelta a Espana earns him the Park 'n' Ride Award, a creative — but illegal — race tactic.

"I no longer want to go to the races angry," says Nibali, who admits he's looking at other options for when his contract ends in 2016.

Vincenzo Nibali will race the Giro d'Italia in May, but he might use the Tour de France as final prep for the Olympic road race in Rio.

Vincenzo Nibali will aim to be more competitive early in the season in 2016

The Astana chief says his two GC riders will race opposite grand tour schedules, which could send Aru to France and Nibali to Italy.

With teammate Vincenzo Nibali expected to race the Giro d'Italia, Fabio Aru may have the green light to go for yellow in France.

Giro d'Italia organizers unveiled the 2016 route Monday, and they're hoping the diverse stage lineup will attract top riders.

Vincenzo Nibali, star of the show at Il Lombardia, will take the spotlight at the Giro 2016 announcement too

The Italians call it "grinta," and Vincenzo Nibali had it in spades on Sunday, dive-bombing a descent to win Il Lombardia

The Italian champ attacks ahead of a tough downhill and makes the most of his descending skills to claim the final monument of the season

Cosmo Catalano and Dane Cash look ahead to the year's final monument classic, Il Lombardia, which takes place Sunday in Italy.

Vincenzo Nibali earns another fall one-day victory in Italy ahead of Sunday's Il Lombardia.

Vincenzo Nibali and Mark Cavendish are two of several top riders who will compete at the inaugural four-day race.

The classics-style course may not be a good fit for the grand tour star, and he could be left off Italy's roster.

Fabio Aru won a Spanish grand tour that was filled with crashes, abandonments, and an ejection.