Aru on Pogacar: “I was in the room with him, at the first victory he celebrated with pizza and beer”

In that Giro dell’Algarve they had put them in the room together: Fabio Aru – who had won a Vuelta and stages in all three major Tours and pink, yellow and red jerseys – and Tadej Pogacar, a young Slovenian neopro. «That was when he won his first race as a pro, on the Alto de Foia». It was February 21, 2019. Antunes attacked, Poels responded and the Slovenian that everyone was starting to talk about overtook them with a scorching sprint. The first of many. We are at 81 victories among the professionals, in just over 5 years. «I didn’t get to 10 – says Aru laughing from a beach in his Sardinia – if I compare myself to Tadej I get depressed».