Miguel Ángel López back to training after Giro d'Italia disappointment

Miguel Ángel López is back in training, Astana Qazaqstan reports via Twitter. The Colombian was forced to dismount in the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia due to a hip injury, but his team announces that the 28-year-old rider has recovered well from his injury, his latest medical test showed.

With the Tour de France coming up, this is good news for both López and his team, as he remains an option - albeit unlikely. In the Giro, the Colombian rider suffered from his hip from the start in Hungary, which prevented him from going for the general classification in Italy and forced him to dismount in the fourth stage. In France, he could fight for yellow together with teammate Alexey Lutsenko.

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The last victory of Astana Qazaqstan Team was that of López in the fourth stage of the Tour of the Alps. He was no longer a threat to the GC there, giving him room to ride away from the peloton.

The leaders of Astana Qazaqstan do not have much luck on their side, Lutsenko already had to drop out of the spring classics in March after a crash in an altitude training camp. At the Tour of Hungary, the Kazakh resumed their preparation for the Tour. The team's highlight so far has come from 37-year-old Vincenzo Nibali, who recently finished fourth in his very last Giro d'Italia.

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