Nibali begins rehabilitation after the crash of the Tour de France

Vincenzo Nibali is recovering from his accident at the Tour de France in Lugano, Switzerland, with the certainty that his fractured vertebrae will heal in time for him to be able to line up at Vuelta a Espana on 25 August and thus target the road racing world championships. Innsbruck on the 30th of September.

Nibali has collected a special orthopedic corset on Saturday, which he will wear while standing, to make sure his vertebrae are kept in the correct position.

The Vuelta a España starts in 35 days and Nibali hopes to recover in time for the last Grand Tour of the season.

"I came back from more serious injuries and luckily what has happened does not seem to have compromised the last part of my season, the Vuelta and the World Championships," confirmed Nibali at La Gazzetta dello Sport after returning to Lugano from the Tour de France

to rest for a few days because there is nothing I can do while I still suffer. "

Emilio Magni, a Bahraini-merida doctor, explained that Nibali was going to undergo a detailed badysis on Monday to confirm the position of the fracture in his T10 vertebrae in the center of his back.Another examination will be done in 20 days to confirm The next week, Nibali will start working to maintain his muscle tone and fitness in a pool without putting pressure on his back.It will also be equipped with an electromagnetic device that will speed up the calcification of his fractured vertebrae

The blood of a bystander was blamed for causing the fall of Nibali while he was chasing Chris Froome four kilometers from the finish at L & # 39; Alpe, Huez: Social media videos captured the moment of the incident and showed how fans and police motorcycles invaded the road, with a smoke that dramatically reduced the visibi

Despite the apologies of the Race Director of the Tour de France, Christian Prudhomme confirmed to Cyclingnews that the team is considering a lawsuit against the Tour de France for the damage caused by the accident.

Nibali has always been calm and controlled since the crash, his anger tempered by the long journey to the hospital in Grenoble in ambulance organizers of the Tour de France could not arrange the transport by helicopter.

"How would I have reacted, would I have thrown my bike in the air? What could I have done? The damage was done," said Nibali

"I have to watch to the future.This is life.Sometimes events put you in these difficult situations, but the important thing is that everything goes well. "