Fabio Aru tried hard to satisfy the requests from the Italian media during the second rest day of the Giro d’Italia in Madonna di Campiglio.
The 24-year-old Sardinian was happy to speak for close to 30 minutes in a side room in the Astana hotel but carefully avoided promising to produce an impresa, a defiant aggressive attack, perhaps on the Mortirolo on Tuesday, to try to crack Alberto Contador.
“Lets see how I feel tomorrow,” he warned, aware of the fatigue he has accumulated during the first two weeks of the Giro d’Italia as he tried to take on Contador.
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“I’d love to try an impresa, it’d be motivating and these are perhaps the stages to do it if you’re feeling good. But lets remember that were racing against Alberto Contador. I’ve never lost hope and never will but we know that Alberto is on great form and can control things even if he’s isolated from his teammates. We haven’t talked tactics yet and it’s not easy to plan ahead in the third week of the Giro. You could have a crisis at any moment.”
Aru showed his maturity by pointing out he prefers to develop and progress gradually as rider, perhaps by finishing second to Contador, rather than pulling off an exploit.
“The fans and the media always expect you do something special but when I was ill before the Giro del Trentino I stayed focused because I’ve always wanted to confirm what I’ve achieved so far in my career. I think that’s important. I don’t want to pull off an exploit and then disappear. I’m here fighting in the Giro and will try to give it everything in the final days but I don’t want to promise anything.”
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