Fabio Aru looks certain to return to the Giro d’Italia in 2017, given that it starts in his native Sardinia and his Astana team has already announced him as team leader for the race, but the Italian was typically cautious about his plans for the coming season when interviewed on RAI television’s Radio Corsa programme on Thursday.
“The Giro is starting from Sardinia again. I wasn’t a professional in 2007 so for me it would be the first time,” Aru said. “I say ‘would’ because first we have to weigh up the programme with the team and the staff, but certainly I’d really like to be there.
“In the coming days in Montecatini [where Astana has its first get-together of the new campaign – ed.] we’ll define the programme for 2017. The Giro is certainly a motivation.”
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The 2017 Giro begins in Alghero on May 5, and will feature three road stages in Sardinia, before the corsa rosa takes an early rest day to travel to Sicily, where a summit finish at Mount Etna awaits. It is likely that Vincenzo Nibali, now at Bahrain-Merida, will also be on hand at the 100th Giro, while two more of Aru’s former Astana teammates, Mikel Landa and Diego Rosa, are expected to line up for Team Sky.
“There’s a lot of respect between us. They chose other projects for next season and I can only wish them a lot of luck,” Aru said of the recently departed Nibali and Rosa.
Although Aru has yet to confirm his programme for 2017, his impending return to the Giro means that his early-season schedule ought to have more in common with 2014 and 2015 than with last season, when he made his Tour de France debut.
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