'I really don’t know what is happening to me': Fabio Aru left in shock after Tour de France abandonment

The Italian gave a brutally honest assessment of the situation that forced him to abandon the Tour in the Pyrenees

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Former Vuelta a España winner Fabio Aru says he cannot explain the surprise physical capitulation that forced him to abandon stage nine of the Tour de France in the Pyrenees.

A fast and frantic start to the stage couldn't have helped, but the Italian was struggling from the off, riding in front of the broomwagon before relenting and abandoning the race.

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