Cycling, the climber from Villacidro concludes the Vuelta a Burgos in second place “I’m fine on the bike, attack, I’m competitive: I haven’t had it for three years”
SASSARI. The second step of the podium, the smile of the best days and the leg that goes. Fabio Aru closes the Vuelta a Burgos in second place in the general classification, which ended yesterday with an extremely demanding uphill finish that gave great emotions. The excellent holding of the last few days was confirmed in the final stage, in which the rider from Villacidro of Team Qhubeka NextHash improved his position, climbing from third to second place thanks to the collapse of Romain Bardet.
The last stage, with arrival in Lagunas de Neila, was won by the British Hugh Carthy (EF Education Nippo), who made the void and in the last 300 meters managed to break even the Colombian Einer Rubio, the last able resist it. In third place Simon Yates, while Aru crossed the line 38 “late, thus conquering the second place in the general classification: the Vuelta a Burgos was won by Mikel Landa, who yesterday controlled the situation by crossing the finish line in sixth position 16 “from Carthy.
For the Qhubeka team, the day had opened in the worst way: Sander Armee and Domenico Pozzovivo, victims of recent falls, did not show up at the start: but while the first will return to the saddle in the next few days, the Italian rider reported a one-knee bill that will keep him still for a long time.
«I am very sorry for the accidents that have been in our team in these days – said Aru at the end of the race -. But today we still had four riders in the running and I have to thank my teammates. Reinie (Janse van Rensburg, editor’s note) despite his crash on Friday still gave a great hand. I am really happy with the result we managed to obtain ».
Aru seems to have found the smile of the good old days, in addition to the pace. «When we decided to skip the Tour and change my calendar – he added -, I went to Lugano and the Sibiu Tour and I had the opportunity to find a good feeling with the bike. I was able to attack again, to stay in the running and to fight. I have been missing this feeling so much over the past three years that it has been really hard on me. Having finished second in a race with very good anti riders really gives me a great feeling. Now I will stay with my family for a while and then I will prepare myself for the next goals ». (a.si.)