Aru and Pogacar head UAE Team Emirates for Vuelta a Espana
20 August 2019 01:59
UAE Team Emirates have announced 2015 Vuelta a España champion Fabio Aru and this year's winner of the Tour of California, Tadej Pogacar, as their leaders for the 2019 Vuelta a España, which starts on Saturday. Colombia's Fernando Gaviria will be their main man for bunch sprints, and the eight-man team will be completed with a trio of Italians – Valerio Conti, Marco Marcato and Oliviero Troia – and two more Colombians in Sergio Henao and Sebastian Molano. "As always, the Vuelta a España represents an important and stimulating challenge, both in terms of the route and the quality of the start list," said Aru in a team press release.ADVERTISEMENT "I'm excited and ready to race, especially since the operation I had four months ago," he added, with the Italian having had to undergo surgery earlier in the season for a constriction of the iliac artery in his left leg. Aru was forced to miss the Giro d'Italia as a result, but returned to competition in June, and rode the Tour de France in July, finishing 14th overall. He won the Vuelta overall back in 2015, beating Joaquim Rodriguez and Rafal Majka, but the now 29-year-old has been unable to reach a Grand Tour podium since then.
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