Vincenzo Nibali has praised Fabio Aru for taking the yellow jersey at the Tour de France but has joked that his former teammate will now have to take the Ticino-based group of Italian riders out for an expensive dinner.
Nibali is currently training in the Dolomites as he prepares for the Tour de Pologne and the Vuelta a Espana. Nibali won the Tour de France in 2014 and Aru is the first Italian to wear the leader's yellow jersey since the Sicilian.
For a while, the two were rivals within the Astana team but have become friends and training partners in recent months. Hence Nibali quickly warned Aru about the responsibilities of wearing yellow.
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"We've got a chat we use to organise training rides when we're at home in Lugano. Now Fabio is in yellow, he will have to pay dinner for all of us. Gasparotto will choose the restaurant because he knows his stuff and it'll be important to drink well as well as eat well," Nibali joked.
"There’s still a long way to go in the Tour but Fabio was right to take advantage and take the yellow jersey when he could. His attacks hurt on steep climbs like that. He's in the form of his life and seems to have everything under control for now.
"I saw Fabio's potential even back in 2013 when he made his debut at the Giro and helped me win. He knew he was strong even if he didn't expect to show it so soon."
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