▁bi ke ; ▁as ▁a ▁result , ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁formally ▁apolog ise ▁to ▁Col n ago ' s ▁Ern esto ▁Col n ago ▁by ▁tele phone ▁after ▁the ▁stage . ▁▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁following ▁a ▁disappoint ing ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁season , ▁A ru ▁was ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁a ▁con str iction ▁of ▁the ▁il iac ▁ar tery ▁and ▁under w ent ▁an ▁ang iop last y ▁surg ery , ▁which ▁forced ▁him ▁out ▁from ▁racing ▁for ▁several ▁months . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁his ▁immediate ▁plans ▁to ▁ride ▁the ▁Vol ta ▁a ▁Catalunya , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁G iro ▁d ' Italia ▁were ▁abandoned . ▁A ru ▁was ▁back ▁on ▁his ▁bi ke ▁at ▁alt itude ▁training ▁in ▁S est riere ▁in ▁May . ▁He ▁made ▁his ▁com eb ack ▁to ▁racing ▁in ▁June , ▁at ▁the ▁Gran ▁Premio ▁di ▁L ug ano ▁where ▁he ▁finished ▁ 2 2 nd . ▁A ▁week ▁later ▁he ▁started ▁his ▁first ▁Tour ▁de ▁Suisse . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁ ▁A ru ▁res ides ▁in ▁the ▁Swiss ▁city ▁of ▁L ug ano , ▁a ▁few ▁kilometres ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁Italian ▁border . ▁A ru ▁suff ers ▁from ▁a ▁gl uten ▁and ▁da iry ▁int ol er ance ▁which ▁means ▁he ▁strugg les ▁with ▁food ▁int ake . ▁He ▁has ▁cut ▁away ▁da iry ▁from ▁his ▁di et , ▁and ▁has ▁also ▁limited ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁past a ▁he ▁e ats ▁in ▁order ▁to