Abu Dhabi: UAE Team Emirates have bolstered their team by signing the Italian national champion Fabio Aru on a three-year deal.
Commenting on the signing, UAE Team Emirates’ team manager, Carlo Saronni, said: “We are happy to welcome a champion like Fabio Aru. His skills perfectly match the ambitions of the team. Besides highlighting Aru’s enormous potential, I’d like to point out that he is a rider who can stir up excitement amongst the fans and he is well loved because of his generosity on a bike. With his performances, he will contribute to promoting an ideal team image and he will likely help us achieve important, competitive results.”
Aru also expressed his delight over the move saying, “I’m honoured that the UAE Team Emirates management and their sponsors want to unite our cycling endeavours. I thank them for the faith they’ve placed in me and I hope to live up to their expectations. I would also like to thank everyone who has been with me up to now in my career, they’ve all been important to my development.”
