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This article was published May 31, 2015 at 17:21.
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In the Tour of surprises, there is a surprise in the stage of Milan. All s’attendono the volatona, the grand finale of the sprinter: and yet the ultimate goal if you play two novices, Iljo Keisse and Luke Durbridge, escaped from the clutches of the group in a city flushed by a gelatinous sun. In the background the towering skyscrapers of the new Milan Expo. Vince smoothly the Belgian Keisse, but all eyes are on Alberto Contador, King not without anxieties of this 98th Tour of Italy.

While playing the Spanish anthem, Alberto, the Pistolero Sad, can finally smile. “Yes, I’m finally in Milan. It ‘been a tough ride, but I’m happy. If I come back again? I do not know: I do not like to say this is the last tour. Never say never. Here in Italy the fans love me, but now I have to think about the Tour de France. I have to rest but at the same time regain concentration. It will not be easy, but the challenges stimulate me. I want to try, maybe to celebrate I eat a pizza. “

pizza, you’ll understand. Contador has done so. A programmer. A designer of the grand tours. Do not ever ask a dry comment, a word out of place. Comment poisonous. He is an enlightened ruler who likes to win no win big. It must be said that, this time, was the Spaniard to suffer. The Hill of Windows, where he lost 50 seconds to Aru, if you will dream forever. But finally, Alberto is here on the throne of Milan, its splendid triumphs of strong (two Giro d’Italy, two Tour de France, three Vuelte). A total of seven, but Alberto also claim the Tour of 2011 that was taken for doping.

But if Contador is a giant, what we have to say Fabio Aru? Define a rising star would be an understatement. Because winning two stages as those who won (Cervinia and Sestriere) after all the crises that have suffered (Imola, Mortirolo, just to name two) it means something more.

It means to be already a champion through and through. Ready for take off. Perhaps it should improve the management of emotions and energies. But these are peccadilloes for a young 24 year old just graduated from the University of the Tour. “You become champions when it is able to react to defeats” said Alberto Contador congratulating Aru.

If this is not a handover close enough. The career of Fabio is a climb to the summit. Third in the Tour in 2014, according to the 2015 Giro with a brace that will remain in the history of cycling. The march towards the young Sardinian pure white jersey in the Tour, is really impressive. What then strikes, in Fabio, it is its ability to make the team. To integrate with their peers. If the affection by older brother Tiralongo is almost predictable, it was instead granted fellowship with Mikel Landa.

Let’s face it: the couple dell’Astana could burst. It is not easy to step aside, as did the Basque, when you have good chances to win. Not take much to blow up the nerves. Of course, at the end Landa was not exactly happy to settle for third place. But who would? Cycling is not a gala. And ‘sweat, hunger crisis, falls, aching bones, nerves on edge.

Speaking dell’Astana, and his great Giro, he stands out even more the weakness of the team of Contador. Never a captain, especially uphill, she was left alone anymore. Triste y solo. The success of the Spanish you must also judge these details. Alberto if it ever escaped without aid. Stopwatch in the Prosecco has laid the foundation of his success. And then the mountains has struck back but always using his petrol. Help yourself and God will help thee was his motto. But more than in the attacks (Al Mortirolo and the ascent of Mount Ologno) the pink jersey was perfect in defense.

On the Hill of Windows, we said, Contador has threatened to implant , to remain in check. He was dehydrated, he said then. However slowly, rising on tip-foot, she resumed its march towards success. A time trial of 30 kilometers, one of the pink jersey. A stopwatch with the cross of loneliness. Contador could come out with broken bones. But this ability to manage themselves in Spanish is still a number one. A number one but, here and there, begins to creak.

At the Tour, if he wants to do it again, he can not show up with a team so uncompetitive. Support comes in the Polish Majka, excellent climber. Plus some other reinforcement. If Alberto wants to do the double like Pantani (1998) can not afford to run alone in the Grande Boucle
It ‘was a nice ride, let’s say. We suffer more in front of the power of the tour, we take small, but this tour was fun and full of twists. Never a dull day. Routine. For Italians the booty is rich: nine stages.

We are gearing up for the future. A pink future. After Vincenzo Nibali, now we have Fabio Aru. The Sicilian and Sardinian. Both come from the sea, both of two islands. Maybe that’s why they want to make more effort. To come out from the group. Vincent also won a Tour, but Fabio has shown that it is he who is pedaling towards the future

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