Pezcyclingnews: Eurotrash Fabio Monday!



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Young Fabio Aru won a very tough Vuelta a Espaa with a refreshing attacking style, but you have to be impressed/sorry for by Tom Dumoulin. We have all the results, rider quotes and video from Spain. The Tour of Britain and the WorldTour races in Qubec and Montral also feature in today’s very full EUROTRASH Monday along with rider contract and injury news, World Championships schedule and how not to be aero. Large coffee time.TOP STORY: Fabulous Fabio!In the end the 2015 Vuelta a Espaa came down to who had the strongest team and that was Astana. Tom Dumoulin fought hard with the team he had, but it was fashioned round the talents of John Degenkolb and not for a GC rider in a very hilly race. Fabio Aru had a very strong team behind him, but his ride in the time trial saved his chances in the overall competition, unlike Joaquim Rodriguez who dashed his chanced in the stage against the clock. In stage 20 the Astana team had a plan and they executed it to the letter and Dumoulin stood little chance against overwhelming odds. Was it a good 2015 Vuelta? Very much so. There was probably only two stages that were not exciting or didn’t have a surprise in the final. Did we miss Cavendish, Kittel and Greipel? No, not at all. The race might have been better if it hadn’t lost Sagan, Nibali and Froome, but it also might have been more negative as all the...

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