Fabio Aru trying to stay 'realistic' at Tour de France after comeback from operation

Italian pleased with performance in first Grand Tour after operation

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates) says he remaining 'realistic' at the Tour de France 2019 following his comeback after an operation.

The Italian took four months off racing earlier this year to have an operation on a constricted iliac artery in his left leg, which has caused his performances to dramatically fall from where they had been in the past. Aru struggled through the 2018 Giro d'Italia before abandoning on stage 19, which he called "one of the darkest moments of my career."

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