Teams & Riders Fabio Aru discussion thread

[Vino attacks everyone]

Martinelli is drunk aint he? "It is almost, almost stronger than the Tour". Not almost lol it is.

what was he going to say? "Yea, my captain won a really really really weak tour. now THIS is were the real racing is going to be!"

?

 

[Taxus4a]

Jeez, I didn't know it was that hot in the Vuelta

Wen have had a fresh summer in Spain, but this days are the hotest of the year, and even the day is not so long now, the hot is big at this hour.

Here in northen Spain that is not a problem, but Guadalquivir valley between Sevilla and Córdoba is the hottest part of Spain on summer. And today stage is as well a hard part. Tomorrow, close to the see, will be different, but more wet.

So, they are not lucky, in that part of Andalucia with a hot wave to be just walking in the sun at this time is a big problem, so, to compete on a bike is a dangerous issue.

For people as Valverde, this are good news, he will be all the strong he wanst at the Tour with a rainy start.

 

[hfer07]

man- I can hardly wait for tomorrow's stage to witness one of the finest battles ever among the best GC riders. I'm confident of Aru's skills to be up there with the best showing off his class.

 

[Red Rick]

Not bad at all. Best of the rest i'd say, I never expected him to beat Froome, Contador, Purito, Valverde or Quintana

 

[Alcanelo]

Yeah he's definitely ready for this...and like Quintana he'll be at his best when the real mountains arrive

 

[jens_attacks]

yep but i still think he's not suited to la vuelta. he will get stronger in the 3rd week though. forzza fabio!

 

[Futuroscope]

Very impressive by Aru. This guy is the real deal.

 

[May0maniac]

http://www.cyclingquotes.com/news/aru_close_to_the_best_in_the_vuelta/
I think Fabio should only get stronger in the next 2 weeks, he wasn't that great durning the first giro stages, just think about stage 8, 9 sec slower than Evans in an uphill sprint. Even at the Giro del Trentino he lost a decent amount of time in every uphill sprint, 25 sec to Evans, 22 to Pozzovivo on Stage 3, which had a similar finish, even if the final climb wash shorter
Final climb

Stage profile

 

[hfer07]

My man Aru did well today on stage 9th by staying with the best.


remember: he's setting up the engine for the upcoming battles. His wings are just getting stretched

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Lutsenko should have followed Anacona when he went instead of marking Hesjedal... It was a little bit hilarious though. Every move the canadian did was followed within a second by Lutsenko

Aru proved to be a better climber than Froome today. We all knew it, but nice to get a confirmation

 

[SeriousSam]

Some gutsy riding by Aru on the summit finishes thus far.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Some gutsy riding by Aru on the summit finishes thus far.

Fighting as hard as he can is more like it I guess. Give him a 12 ++ km long mtf and we'll talk

 

[PirazziAttacksVino]

Great performance. He's looking really good. I have a feeling that in the third week he'll be outclimbing everyone whose name isn't Contador, Quintana or Rodriguez

 

[jens_attacks]

very good today considering that puncture also. his teams protects him very well, i'm proud of astana

 

[May0maniac]

The itt was ok, he was able to limit the damage well enough. The real race starts now, he could be in the top5 at the end off the vuelta
http://www.cyclingquotes.com/news/tiralongo_now_aru_will_try_to_gain_time_in_the_mountains/

 

[hfer07]

The itt was ok, he was able to limit the damage well enough. The real race starts now, he could be in the top5 at the end off the vuelta
http://www.cyclingquotes.com/news/tiralongo_now_aru_will_try_to_gain_time_in_the_mountains/

I just cant wait to witness his wings to spread & fly away from the rest......

 

[Eclipse]

Like an angel!

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Flying away!!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Flying away!!

 

[Afrank]

Bravo Aru! Nicely done.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Well done to Aru

We all knew to expect this at some point this Vuelta.

Podium is deffo on the cards !

 

[Arnout]

I don't have to change my avatar, he cheered in an identical manner again

 

[hfer07]

Aru saved the day. He's the future of Italian Cycling without a doubt

 

[Netserk]

Very nicely done.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

His last 1,5km attacks are becoming a trademark. Like Purito.