{"id":17792,"date":"2016-08-03T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2016\/08\/03\/nibali-signs-with-bahrain-merida-pro-cycling-team-r5329\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T07:50:47","slug":"nibali-signs-with-bahrain-merida-pro-cycling-team-r5329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/nibali-signs-with-bahrain-merida-pro-cycling-team-r5329\/","title":{"rendered":"Nibali Signs with BAHRAIN MERIDA Pro Cycling Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

World-renowned cyclist Vincenzo Nibali has today signed to lead pro cycling team BAHRAIN MERIDA.<\/p>\n

He is the first official confirmed rider to be a part of the newly established team, formed by the Kingdom of Bahrain.<\/p>\n

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Vincenzo Nibali, born in 1984 near the Strait of Messina and commonly known as \u201cthe Shark of Strait\u201d in the pro peloton, is considered one of the strongest stage race riders in the world today.<\/p>\n

Nibali began his pro career in 2005 and in the last decade has won four Grand Tours (two Giro d\u2019Italia, one Tour de France, and one Vuelta Espana), making him one of only six riders in the history of the sport to have won all three grand tours.<\/p>\n

He will captain BAHRAIN MERIDA Cycling Team surrounded by a roster of talented riders selected to help achieve the ambition to create a globally recognized pro cycling team.<\/p>\n

Speaking about joining the BAHRAIN MERIDA Pro Cycling Team, Nibali commented, \u201cI was immediately fascinated by the idea of a strong project plan built around me. I have believed in the team from day one, because it has a clear vision and is to be carried out by some of the best professionals in the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis trust and confidence in me made me take the final decision for this new exciting adventure of my career. I can\u2019t wait to meet their expectations at the most important races in the world wearing the jersey of BAHRAIN MERIDA.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

World-renowned cyclist Vincenzo Nibali has today signed to lead pro cycling team BAHRAIN MERIDA. He is the first official confirmed rider to be a part of the newly established team, formed by the Kingdom of Bahrain. Vincenzo Nibali, born in 1984 near the Strait of Messina and commonly known as \u201cthe Shark of Strait\u201d in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2414,2413],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-17792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-bahrain-merida","tag-vincenzo-nibali"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17792"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=17792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}