Fabio Aru

Fabio Aru
	Aru at the 2015 Vuelta a España
Personal information
Full name	Fabio Aru
Nickname	The Knight of the four Moors; (Italian: Il cavaliere dei quattro mori)
Born	3 July 1990 (age 34); San Gavino Monreale, Sardinia, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Team information
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Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur team
2009–2012	Palazzago
Professional teams
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Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (2017) Giro d'Italia Young rider classification (2015) 3 individual stages (2014, 2015) Vuelta a España General classification (2015) 2 individual stages (2014) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2017)

Fabio Aru (born 3 July 1990) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI WorldTeam You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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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 "The Knight of the four Moors" which is a homage for 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 Leaders Jersey in all three Grand Tours.

He placed third overall in the 2014 Giro d'Italia and fifth in the 2014 Vuelta a España. The following year, he finished second in the 2015 Giro d'Italia before taking his first Grand Tour win at the 2015 Vuelta a España. His best finish came at the 2017 Tour de France where he was 5th.

Career

Early career

Aru was born in San Gavino Monreale, Sardinia and was raised in Villacidro.^[4] At the age of 18 he moved to mainland Italy to pursue a cycling career.^[5] He joined the Palazzago team where he won the Giro della Valle d'Aosta twice (in 2011 and 2012). In 2012 he finished second behind American rider Joe Dombrowski in the Baby Giro.^[6]

Astana (2012–2017)

Aru joined the Astana Pro Team during the 2012 season after four years with the Palazzago domestic team in Italy. In 2013 he finished fourth overall in the Giro del Trentino, also claiming the Young Riders' Jersey. He rode his first Grand Tour, the 2013 Giro d'Italia, in support of team leader Vincenzo Nibali. He helped Nibali win the race overall, finishing 42nd himself.

2014

In 2014, Aru again rode the 2014 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 (Team Movistar) and Rigoberto Urán (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), reaching the podium in just his second Grand Tour.^[7]

In his next Grand Tour, the 2014 Vuelta a España, Aru won the Stage 11 summit finish atop Alto de San Miguel de Aralar, attacking the leading group with one kilometer to go.^[8] He repeated the feat on Stage 18 finishing Monte Castrove. He escaped with Chris Froome near the end of the climb and outsprinted his rival.^[9] He finally finished fifth of the Spanish Grand Tour, won by Alberto Contador.^[10] He finished his season in the Italian Autumn classics, placing fourth in Milano–Torino and ninth in the Giro di Lombardia.

2015

In 2015, Aru came in sixth at the Volta a Catalunya. In April, he missed the Giro del Trentino because of an intestinal ailment.^[11] Greg Henderson accused Aru of faking the ailment, and actually skipping due to a pending biological passport case.^[12] Aru promised to sue Henderson for his accusations as he was preparing for the Giro d'Italia.^[13] In May 2015, it was announced that Aru's contract with Astana was renewed until the end of 2017.^[14] The 2015 Giro d'Italia started off poorly for Aru's Astana team, losing seconds to Alberto Contador and the Tinkoff-Saxo team. However, in the first week of racing, Aru attacked Contador in the mountains as he was led by his Astana team, remaining only seconds behind Contador in the general classification battle.^[15]^[16] When Contador crashed on stage 13 in a pile-up, Aru crossed the line well in front of Contador, securing the first pink jersey of his career.^[17]^[18] However the next day, a 59.3 kilometer individual time trial, hyped as the Giro's determining day, Aru lost 2 and a half minutes to Contador, thus losing the pink jersey.^[19] He lost more time in the Mortirolo stage, but bounced back on Stage 19 to take an emotional solo victory.^[20] On Stage 20 featuring the Colle delle Finestre, Aru won his second consecutive stage victory taking two minutes from Contador but failing to take the pink jersey.^[21]

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.^[22] He held the lead by a handful of seconds before losing it to Joaquim Rodríguez on stage 16.^[23] On stage 17, a 38 kilometer individual time trial, he was able to perform very well and keep himself within 3 seconds of the winner of the ITT and new leader of the Vuelta, Tom Dumoulin. Over the final days, Aru attacked Dumoulin repeatedly, trying to place himself back in red. It wasn't until the penultimate mountain day that Aru succeeded, dropping Dumoulin and advancing himself towards his first Grand Tour win.^[24]

2016

Aru started his 2016 season, at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana where he finished 6th overall. He then raced Volta ao Algarve, and finished 9th overall after taking the 2nd place on the last Stage. He won his only victory in the season, at Critérium du Dauphiné where he won Stage 3 after attacking on the downhill inside the last 15 km. His main goal of the season was the Tour de France, and after Stage 8 Aru was 7th overall but dropped to 13th overall 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 Astana team car, as he was paced for a while. This saw Aru getting a small time penalty awarded after the Stage. On the last mountain stage he was not feeling well, and ended up losing 13 minutes to his main rivals, dropping to 13th place in the general classification.^[25]

2017

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 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 of the bike for several days in order to recover properly.^[26] He returned to racing in June at 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.^[27]

At the 2017 Tour de France, Aru won the 5th stage attacking on the climb to La Planche des Belles Filles at 2.2 km from the finish line. After that stage he wore the polka dot jersey for three days. On stage 9 he was accused of unsportsmanlike behavior after attacking yellow jersey holder Froome as the latter suffered from a mechanical issue.^[28] On stage 12 he attacked on the climb to Peyragudes and he took the yellow jersey from Chris Froome. In the next stages he struggled with bronchitis^[29] and he finished fifth overall in his second Tour de France.

UAE Team Emirates (2018-present)

2018

After riding 6 season with Astana Pro Team, Aru signed a three-year contract with UAE Team Emirates.^[30] He started his season at Abu Dhabi Tour but only finished 13th overall. At the following race Tirreno-Adriatico, Aru finished 4th to Sarnano Sassotetto, but was struggling on other decisive Stages, meaning he once again missed out of top 10, with a 12th place. His first top 10 finish of the season came at Tour of the Alps. Aru could not follow the pace of his fellow Giro contenders Froome, Pinot, Pozzovivo, Lopez & Bennett, and ended the race in 6th position.

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 didn't 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 penalized due to pacing.^[31] Aru finally went out of 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 to 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 Tour de Wallonie, and finished 10th overall. A week later at Tour de Pologne, Aru finished overall 10th once again. He started the Vuelta as one of the main favorites.^[34] However his form was fluctuating, and he was over 10 minutes after Simon Yates, starting Stage 17. On Stage 17 Aru crashed before the final climb which ripped his shorts, and showed an angry Fabio Aru calling for a new bike, and yelling bad stuff about his Colnago bike. This led to Aru formally apologizing to Ernesto Colnago on the phone after the stage.^[35]

Personal life

Fabio Aru resides at swiss city Lugano which is just a few kilometers north of the Italian border.^[36] Aru is suffering 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.^[37]

Career achievements

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

2nd Overall Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo

2nd Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships

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 Piva

2013

4th Overall Giro del Trentino

1st

Young rider classification

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

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 Giro dell'Emilia

4th Overall Giro di Toscana

6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

6th Road race, Olympic Games

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

1st Stage 5

Held

after Stages 12–13

Held

after Stages 5–7

5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné

7th Giro di 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

General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Giro d'Italia	42	3	2	—	—	DNF
Tour de France	—	—	—	13	5	—
Vuelta a España	—	5	1	—	13	23
Major stage race general classification results timeline
Race	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Paris–Nice	—	—	39	—	—	—
Tirreno–Adriatico	—	—	—	—	DNF	12
Volta a Catalunya	70	21	6	14	—	DNF
Tour of the Basque Country	—	—	—	DNF	—	—
Tour de Romandie	—	—	—	—	—	—
Critérium du Dauphiné	—	—	—	45	5	—
Tour de Suisse	—	—	—	—	—	—

Monuments results timeline

Monument	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Milan–San Remo	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour of Flanders	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Paris–Roubaix	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Giro di Lombardia	DNF	DNF	9	—	11	7	54

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish
DSQ	Disqualified

References

^ Stephen Farrand. "Astana coach reveals training methods for Nibali and Aru ahead of Classics and Giro d'Italia". Cyclingnews.com.
^ Stokes, Shane (8 August 2012). "Contract Roundup: Baby Giro runner-up Aru to Astana, Martens stays with Rabobank". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
^ "Fabio Aru signs for UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Fabio Aru – Il Sito Ufficiale". Fabio Aru.
^ Stephen Farrand. "Interview: Aru ready to take on Contador at the Giro d'Italia". Cyclingnews.com.
^ "Fabio Aru: could he be Italy's next big thing? - Cycling Weekly". Cycling Weekly. 14 May 2014.
^ "2014 International Breakthrough Rider of the Year: Fabio Aru". VeloNews.com.
^ Spencer Powlison (3 September 2014). "Fabio Aru's daring attack wins Vuelta stage 11". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
^ Susan Westemeyer (11 September 2014). "Vuelta a España: Aru wins stage 18". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
^ "Contador seals overall 2014 Vuelta a España victory". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
^ Barry Ryan (22 April 2015). "Aru a "wreck" due to intestinal ailment". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
^ Stuart Clarke (24 April 2015). "Aru to take legal action over Henderson tweets". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Sports & Leisure network. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^ Stephen Farrand (30 April 2015). "Aru training hard for the Giro d'Italia after stomach virus". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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^ "Giro d'Italia stage 20: Aru wins in Sestriere". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
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External links

Fabio Aru at Cycling Archives (archive)

[1] Stephen Farrand. "Astana coach reveals training methods for Nibali and Aru ahead of Classics and Giro d'Italia". Cyclingnews.com.

[2] Stokes, Shane (8 August 2012). "Contract Roundup: Baby Giro runner-up Aru to Astana, Martens stays with Rabobank". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

[3] "Fabio Aru signs for UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

[4] "Fabio Aru – Il Sito Ufficiale". Fabio Aru.

[5] Stephen Farrand. "Interview: Aru ready to take on Contador at the Giro d'Italia". Cyclingnews.com.

[6] "Fabio Aru: could he be Italy's next big thing? - Cycling Weekly". Cycling Weekly. 14 May 2014.

[7] "2014 International Breakthrough Rider of the Year: Fabio Aru". VeloNews.com.

[8] Spencer Powlison (3 September 2014). "Fabio Aru's daring attack wins Vuelta stage 11". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 3 September 2014.

[9] Susan Westemeyer (11 September 2014). "Vuelta a España: Aru wins stage 18". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

[10] "Contador seals overall 2014 Vuelta a España victory". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.

[11] Barry Ryan (22 April 2015). "Aru a "wreck" due to intestinal ailment". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

[12] Stuart Clarke (24 April 2015). "Aru to take legal action over Henderson tweets". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Sports & Leisure network. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

[13] Stephen Farrand (30 April 2015). "Aru training hard for the Giro d'Italia after stomach virus". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

[14] Emil Axelgaard (7 May 2015). "Aru extends contract with Astana". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2015.

[15] "Contador retains Giro lead but loses 1 second to Aru". ksl.com.

[16] ttp://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Contador-retains-Giro-lead-but-loses-1-second-to-6269024.php

[17] "Fabio Aru takes Giro d'Italia leader's jersey after Alberto Contador crashes in stage 13". Mail Online.

[18] "Alberto Contador loses Giro d'Italia lead to Fabio Aru amid crash chaos". the Guardian.

[19] "Alberto Contador reclaims Giro lead from Fabio Aru after time trial". USA TODAY. 23 May 2015.

[20] Emil Axelgaard (29 May 2015). "Aru makes great comeback with big win in Giro mountains". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

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v t e Italian National Road Race Champion (men)
1880–1899	Giuseppe Loretz (1885) Geo Davidson (1886) Gilberto Marley (1887–1889) Carlo Braida (1890) Ambrogio Robecchi (1891) Luigi Cantu (1892) Giuseppe Moreschi (1893) Giovanni Da Montelatico (1896)
1900–1919	Giovanni Cuniolo (1906–1908) Dario Beni (1909) Emilio Petiva (1910) Dario Beni (1911) Not attributed (1912) Costante Girardengo (1913–1914, 1919)
1920–1939	Costante Girardengo (1920–1925) Alfredo Binda (1926–1929) Learco Guerra (1930–1934) Gino Bartali (1935) Giuseppe Olmo (1936) Gino Bartali (1937) Olimpio Bizzi (1938) Mario Vicini (1939)
1940–1959	Gino Bartali (1940) Adolfo Leoni (1941) Fausto Coppi (1942) Mario Ricci (1943) Severino Canavesi (1945) Aldo Ronconi (1946) Fausto Coppi (1947) Vito Ortelli (1948) Fausto Coppi (1949) Antonio Bevilacqua (1950) Fiorenzo Magni (1951) Gino Bartali (1952) Fiorenzo Magni (1953–1954) Fausto Coppi (1955) Giorgio Albani (1956) Ercole Baldini (1957–1958) Diego Ronchini (1959)
1960–1979	Nino Defilippis (1960) Arturo Sabbadin (1961) Nino Defilippis (1962) Bruno Mealli (1963) Guido De Rosso (1964) Michele Dancelli (1965–1966) Franco Balmamion (1967) Felice Gimondi (1968) Vittorio Adorni (1969) Franco Bitossi (1970–1971) Felice Gimondi (1972) Enrico Paolini (1973–1974) Francesco Moser (1975) Franco Bitossi (1976) Enrico Paolini (1977) Pierino Gavazzi (1978) Francesco Moser (1979)
1980–1999	Giuseppe Saronni (1980) Francesco Moser (1981) Pierino Gavazzi (1982) Moreno Argentin (1983) Vittorio Algeri (1984) Claudio Corti (1985–1986) Bruno Leali (1987) Pierino Gavazzi (1988) Moreno Argentin (1989) Giorgio Furlan (1990) Gianni Bugno (1991) Marco Giovannetti (1992) Massimo Podenzana (1993–1994) Gianni Bugno (1995) Mario Cipollini (1996) Gianni Faresin (1997) Andrea Tafi (1998) Salvatore Commesso (1999)
2000–2019	Michele Bartoli (2000) Daniele Nardello (2001) Salvatore Commesso (2002) Paolo Bettini (2003) Cristian Moreni (2004) Enrico Gasparotto (2005) Paolo Bettini (2006) Giovanni Visconti (2007) Filippo Simeoni (2008) Filippo Pozzato (2009) Giovanni Visconti (2010–2011) Franco Pellizotti (2012) Ivan Santaromita (2013) Vincenzo Nibali (2014–2015) Giacomo Nizzolo (2016) Fabio Aru (2017) Elia Viviani (2018) Davide Formolo (2019)
2020–2039	Giacomo Nizzolo (2020) Sonny Colbrelli (2021) Filippo Zana (2022) Simone Velasco (2023) Alberto Bettiol (2024)