The MRI excludes major inuries for Aru

A MRI carried out on Fabio Aru today, March 24, at the Sagrada Familia clinic in Barcelona showed “an edema of post-traumatic rectus femoris. Excluding direct injuries.”

Michele de Grandi, team doctor at the Volta a Catalunya, said, “The exam showed an important edema to the rectus femoris that caused major pain, but it luckily excluded significant injuries. Fabio will need to rest for a few days and then he will be able to gradually restart his work.”

Fabio Aru added, “This hematoma caused me pain and to continue riding on it would have been harmful. Yesterday would have been a battle of 210 kilometres. Going on like that did not make sense. The most important thing is that it is not a serious issue and that after a few days of rest, I can leave for home.

“This inconvenience has negatively affected my performance in Spain, but will not affect my approach to the Giro d’Italia. A few days of rest and then I will put my head down and push on with my schedule “.