Cycling-Nibali kicked out of Vuelta for holding onto team car (Reuters)
Italian rider Vincenzo Nibali has been disqualified from the Tour of Spain after the 2014 Tour de France winner got a tow from his Astana team car following a crash in Sunday’s second stage into Caminito del Rey. Television footage clearly showed Nibali, who won the Vuelta in 2010, hanging onto the car as he tried to catch up with the leaders in the final 30 kilometres and organisers had no choice but to expel him. “The film shows clearly that Nibali was clinging to the car for 200 metres,” added Bruno Valcic, the president of the race commissaires.