Cycling-Nibali to retire at the end of the season

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 4 - Avola to Etna-Nicolosi, Italy - May 10, 2022 Astana Qazaqstan Team's Vincenzo Nibali at the end of stage 4 REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini

(Reuters) - Multiple grand tour champion Vincenzo Nibali will retire at the end of the season, the Italian said at the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday.

Italian Nibali, one of seven riders to win the Tour de France, the Giro and the Spanish Vuelta, told reporters after the fifth stage in his hometown on Messina that 2022 would be his last competitive year.