A UAE Team Emirates for Aru in the Tour of the Alps

The UAE Team Emirates is built entirely around its stage race star Fabio Aru for the Tour of the Alps this April 16 to 20.

“I’m going to find some tough racing at the Tour of the Alps, where I want to do well and prepare in the best possible way with an eye on my big goal, the Giro d’Italia,” the Sardinian climber said.

“I’m completely healed from the problems I had at the Volta a Cataluyna and I’m training without any issues.

It will be a difficult race, and there’s not shortage of climbs, starting with the Alpe di Pampeago in the second stage. It’s important to ride wisely, and what ever happens in the race, we’ll face when we get to it.”

Roster: Fabio Aru (Ita), Valerio Conti (Ita), Kristijan Durasek (Cro), Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor), Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol), Simone Petilli (Ita), Edward Ravasi (Ita).

Sports directors: Marco Marzano (Ita), Mario Scirea (Ita), Paolo Tiralongo (Ita).