Tour de France winner Nibali named champion of champions in Italy

Tour de France winner Nibali named champion of champions in Italy

PARIS - Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali was named champion of champions for 2014 by Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport on Wednesday.

A victorious Vincenzo Nibali on the Champs-Elysees in Paris at the end of the Tour de France on July 27, 2014

The Sicilian had been named top Italian the previous year when he won the Giro d'Italia.

For this title, he beat MotoGP champion Marc Marquez into second with Formula One winner Lewis Hamilton taking the third spot.

Nibali took over the mantle from Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt.

The women's award went to Slovenian skier Tina Maze, the Olympic champion in the downhill and giant slalom, ahead of Americans Serena Williams, the US Open tennis champion, and Katie Ledecky, the Olympic 800m freestyle swimming champion.

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