Aru to ride the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España in 2015
Fabio Aru had been expected to perhaps ride the Tour de France after targeting the Giro d’Italia but a comment from Astana team manager Alexander Vinokourov has indicated that the young Italian will instead ride the Vuelta a España as his second Grand Tour of the 2015 season. It seems Vincenzo Nibali will be Astana sole team leader for the Tour de France as he targets a second consecutive yellow jersey. Nibali will have support from Michele Scarponi and Jakob Fuglsang.
Vinokourov hinted that Nibali and Aru may team-up for the 2016 Tour de France.
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The former rider spoke about Aru when the Astana team confirmed the 24 year-old Sardinian had extended his contract with the Kazakhstani team until the end of 2017.
"Fabio is a young and ambitious champion with three exciting Grand Tour stage victories. We are happy and proud to see him in our team colors at the start of the 2015 Giro. We can't wait to see what will happen in the next three weeks in Italy and the next three years around the world," Vinokourov said in a team statement.
"Fabio is 24 years old and has many years ahead of him in professional cycling - at every race he develops, he gains experience and as he races with our veterans he learns directly from champions what it means to be a champion - we will see great performances at the Giro and Vuelta this year, and, why not, maybe at Vincenzo Nibali's side in at the Tour de France in 2016."
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