Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates) has roared back into contention in the 2019 Vuelta a Espaņa despite his bad crash on stage 1 in the opening team time trial. Aru fell heavily during the TTT and ended the stage 1:07 down on the rest of the field. But on stage 2, when he moved into the winning break of the day, it was a very different story. Fifth on the stage, Aru has regained 114 places on the GC and is now lying 14th overall. More importantly, perhaps, is that the boost to his morale will have been considerable.ADVERTISEMENT Stage 2 of the Vuelta a Espaņa was already a day where Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) had bounced back after his stage 1 crash and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) re-emerged in the GC battle after an uneven past two seasons. But for Aru, following a series of injuries and operations, performing so well was arguably his best show of strength since his stage win and spell in yellow in the 2017 Tour de France. `Today was a good day, particularly after what happened on Saturday,` Aru told Cyclingnews as he warmed down outside the UAE Team Emirates bus, sporting a huge bandage on his left leg. `Today was important to get through, and in fact it went a bit better than I thought it could. So I`m happy about that. I had expected some big moves here because this was a climb we went up in 2015,` - when Aru won the Vuelta outright - `and I had managed to gain some time there back then.`
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