Fabio Aru emulated compatriot Vincenzo Nibali in winning the fifth stage of the Tour de France as reigning champion Chris Froome took over the race lead
Fabio Aru
Fabio Aru emulated compatriot Vincenzo Nibali in winning the fifth stage of the Tour de France yesterday as reigning champion Chris Froome took over the race lead. Italian Aru won the 160.5km stage that finished on the La Planche des Belles Filles climb, where Nibali won three years ago before going on to claim Tour victory.
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Froome came home third behind Ireland's Dan Martin in second, and took over the yellow jersey from Sky teammate Geraint Thomas.
Aru launched his attack with 2.4km left and finished 16 seconds clear of Martin. With a 10-second time bonus on the line, he moved up to third overall, at just 14 seconds behind Froome.
Having previously won stages at the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta, this completed a Grand Tour stage sweep for Aru.
"First of all I'm going to enjoy this moment because I had a great spring and won the Italian title but before that I had a tough time," said Aru, who had to pull out of May's Giro due to injury
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