Fabio Aru
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Full name | Fabio Aru |
Nickname | The Knight of the four Moors (Italian: Il cavaliere dei quattro mori) |
Born | San Gavino Monreale, Sardinia, Italy | 3 July 1990
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)[1] |
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Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climber |
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2009–2012 | Palazzago |
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Fabio Aru (born 3 July 1990) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam You have called {{Contentious topics}}
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He hails from San Gavino Monreale in Sardinia, and is known for his climbing ability which has made him a favorite for the Grand Tours. He is known as "The Knight of the four Moors" which is a homage to his native island of Sardinia.
Aru has won stages in all three Grand Tours, including 1 stage at the Tour de France, 3 stages at the Giro d'Italia and 2 stages at the Vuelta a España. He is also a former Italian National Road Race champion having won the race in 2017. Alongside his stage wins, Aru has also worn the race leader's jersey in all three Grand Tours. In 2014, Aru placed third overall in the Giro d'Italia and fifth in the Vuelta a España. The following year, he finished second in the Giro d'Italia before taking his first overall Grand Tour win at the Vuelta a España. His best finish at the Tour de France came in 2017 where he was 5th.
Career
Early career
Aru was born in San Gavino Monreale, Sardinia and was raised in Villacidro.[6] At the age of 18 he moved to mainland Italy to pursue a cycling career.[7] He joined the Palazzago team where he won the Giro della Valle d'Aosta in 2011 and 2012. Also in 2012, he finished second behind American rider Joe Dombrowski in the Baby Giro.[8]
Astana (2012–2017)
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2014
In 2014, Aru again rode the Giro d'Italia, with the expectation of supporting former winner Michele Scarponi. However, Aru proved stronger than his teammate and on Stage 15 took his first professional victory by winning on the summit finish of Montecampione. Aru went on to finish the Giro in third place overall behind Nairo Quintana (You have called {{Contentious topics}}
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2015
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In 2015, Aru came in sixth at the Volta a Catalunya. In April, he missed the Giro del Trentino because of an intestinal ailment.[13] Greg Henderson accused Aru of faking the ailment, and actually skipping due to a pending biological passport case.[14] Aru promised to sue Henderson for his accusations as he was preparing for the Giro d'Italia.[15] In May 2015, it was announced that Aru's contract with Astana was renewed until the end of 2017.[16] The Giro d'Italia started off poorly for Aru's Astana team, losing seconds to Alberto Contador and the You have called {{Contentious topics}}
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Aru returned to racing at the Tour de Pologne and finished in 5th place as he prepared for his next season target, the Vuelta a España. He performed well in the first week, taking the red leader's jersey after finishing second on stage 11, the Vuelta's queen stage.[23] He held the lead by a handful of seconds before losing it to Joaquim Rodríguez on stage 16.[24] On stage 17, a 38-kilometre (24-mile) individual time trial, he was able to perform very well and keep himself within 3 seconds of the winner of the stage and new leader of the Vuelta, Tom Dumoulin. Over the final days, Aru attacked Dumoulin repeatedly, trying to place himself back in red. It was not until the penultimate mountain day that Aru succeeded, dropping Dumoulin and advancing himself towards his first Grand Tour win.[25]
2016
Aru started his 2016 season, at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana where he finished 6th overall. He then raced the Volta ao Algarve, and finished 9th overall after taking 2nd place on the last stage. He took his only victory of the season, at the Critérium du Dauphiné where he won Stage 3 after attacking on the downhill inside the last 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) of the stage. His main goal of the season was the Tour de France, and after Stage 8 Aru was 7th overall but dropped to 13th on the following stage to Andorra Arcalis. He managed to get into the top 10 again on Stage 12 to Mont Ventoux. He had a mechanical problem on the stage, and had problems getting back into the bunch before the climb to Mont Ventoux. He received help from the You have called {{Contentious topics}}
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2017
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Going into the 2017 season, Aru was targeting the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia. He showed good form early on in the season with his first podium place coming at the Tour of Oman, where he finished 3rd overall. He finished 8th overall in his following race at the Abu Dhabi Tour. In April, in a training camp at Sierra Nevada, Aru crashed and hurt his knee. He received no fractures to the knee but it was swollen a lot, and he was recommended by a doctor to stay off the bike for several days in order to recover properly, missing the Giro d'Italia as a result.[27] He returned to racing in June at the Critérium du Dauphiné, and finished 5th overall. One week before the Tour de France, Aru won the Italian National Road Race Championships for the first time in his career.[28]
At the Tour de France, Aru won the 5th stage attacking on the climb to La Planche des Belles Filles, 2.2 kilometres (1.4 miles) from the finish line. After that stage he wore the polka dot jersey for three days. On stage 9 he was accused of unsportsmanlike behaviour after attacking yellow jersey holder Chris Froome as the latter suffered from a mechanical issue. The camera captured Aru attacking from behind right when he realized Froome had a mechanical.[29] On stage 12 he attacked on the climb to Peyragudes and he took the yellow jersey from Froome. In the next stages he struggled with bronchitis[30] and he finished fifth overall in his second Tour de France.
UAE Team Emirates (2018–present)
2018
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At the Giro d'Italia, he finished alongside many of the strong Giro contenders on the stage to Mount Etna, and moved up to 10th position after the stage. However on the following mountain stages, Aru did not manage to finish with the strongest riders meaning that he dropped to 22nd place after the 2nd week of racing. However he bounced back on the next stage, which was a mainly flat time trial. He finished 8th on the stage but was later penalised due to pacing.[31] Aru finally withdrew from the race on Stage 19.[32] Aru explained he had suffered from a gluten and dairy intolerance since 2015 but never got to the bottom of it. Aru and his personal coach Paolo Tiralongo made his training too hard, and spent too much time at altitude which meant his body was fatigued already going into the Giro d'Italia.[33] He returned to racing at the end of July, at the Tour de Wallonie, and finished 10th overall. A week later at the Tour de Pologne, Aru finished 10th overall once again. He started the Vuelta a España as one of the main favourites.[34] However his form was fluctuating, and he was over 10 minutes behind Simon Yates, starting stage 17. On the stage, Aru crashed before the final climb which ripped his shorts. Aru reacting angrily while calling for a new bike; as a result, he had to formally apologise to Colnago's Ernesto Colnago by telephone after the stage.[35]
2019
In March 2019, following a disappointing start of the season, Aru was diagnosed with a constriction of the iliac artery and underwent an angioplasty surgery, which forced him out from racing for several months. As a result, his immediate plans to ride the Volta a Catalunya, as well as the Giro d'Italia were abandoned.[36] Aru was back on his bike at altitude training in Sestriere in May. He made his comeback to racing in June, at the Gran Premio di Lugano where he finished 22nd.[37] A week later he started his first Tour de Suisse.
Personal life
Aru resides in the Swiss city of Lugano, a few kilometres north of the Italian border.[38] Aru suffers from a gluten and dairy intolerance which means he struggles with food intake. He has cut away dairy from his diet, and has also limited the amount of pasta he eats in order to keep his diet on track.[33]
Major results
- 2010
- 2nd Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin
- 4th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 5th Giro del Belvedere
- 2011
- 1st
Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 1st Stage 6 (ITT)
- 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo
- 4th Overall Baby Giro
- 6th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
- 10th Giro del Medio Brenta
- 2012
- 1st
Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
Overall Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo
- 2nd Overall Baby Giro
- 4th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
- 8th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
- 2013
- 4th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 7th Tre Valli Varesine
- 8th Overall Tour of Austria
- 2014
- 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 15
- 4th Milano–Torino
- 5th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 11 & 18
- 7th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 9th Giro di Lombardia
- 2015
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a España
- 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 19 & 20
- Held
after Stage 13
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
- 2nd Tour of Almaty
- 3rd Milano–Torino
- 5th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 5th Overall UCI World Tour
- 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 2016
- 1st Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné
- 4th Overall Giro di Toscana
- 4th Giro dell'Emilia
- 6th Road race, Olympic Games
- 6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 6th Milano–Torino
- 9th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 9th Tre Valli Varesine
- 2017
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of Oman
- 3rd Milano–Torino
- 5th Overall Tour de France
- 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 7th Il Lombardia
- 8th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
- 8th Tre Valli Varesine
- 2018
- 6th Overall Tour of the Alps
- 9th Milano–Torino
- 10th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 10th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 2019
- 8th Trofeo Campos, Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines
General classification results timeline
Grand Tour general classification results timeline | ||||||||
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Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
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42 | 3 | 2 | — | — | DNF | — | |
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— | — | — | 13 | 5 | — | 14 | |
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— | 5 | 1 | — | 13 | 23 | DNF | |
Major stage race general classification results timeline | ||||||||
Race | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
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— | — | 39 | — | — | — | DNF | |
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— | — | — | — | DNF | 12 | — | |
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70 | 21 | 6 | 14 | — | DNF | — | |
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— | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | |
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Has not contested during his career | |||||||
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— | — | — | 45 | 5 | — | — | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 21 |
Monuments results timeline
Monument | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Milan–San Remo | Has not contested during his career | |||||||
Tour of Flanders | ||||||||
Paris–Roubaix | ||||||||
Liège–Bastogne–Liège | ||||||||
Giro di Lombardia | DNF | DNF | 9 | — | 11 | 7 | 54 | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
DSQ | Disqualified |
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- 1990 births
- 2014 Vuelta a España stage winners
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Giro d'Italia cyclists
- Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners
- Italian male cyclists
- Italian Tour de France stage winners
- Italian Vuelta a España stage winners
- Living people
- Olympic cyclists of Italy
- People from the Province of South Sardinia
- Sportspeople from Sardinia
- Tour de France cyclists
- Vuelta a España cyclists