Juan Ayuso shines by winning the 5th stage of the Tour of Switzerland

Juan AyusoSpanish runner of UAE Team Emirateswas won on the fifth day of tour of switzerland after successfully managing the decisive kilometer of the 211 route between Fiesch and La Punt.

Ayuso faced the last 15 kilometers in the group of the most prominent and decided to attack in search of the two rivals leading at the time, the Italian Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain-Victorious) and the Portuguese Rui Costa (Interarché-Circus -Gusto). .

And the winner of the queen: Juan Ayuso (@TeamEmiratesUAE )@PrimeoEnergie pic.twitter.com/nBaOFlP5Hf

—Tour de Suisse (@tds) June 15, 2023

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Not only did he chase, but he continued at a great pace until he crowned the last port of the day all by himself. In these circumstances, he did not hesitate to risk the descent to maintain the lead over his pursuers and finished crossing the finish line first to take his third victory as a professional and his second of the year after the one obtained on the Tour . de Romandie.

Thus, he is third overall, 18 seconds behind Danish Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo), who regained the leader’s jersey at the expense of Austrian Félix Gall (AG2R Citroën Team), who is between the two in the standings . with 8 seconds of loss with respect to the head.

the Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) fell to fourth place as he came in 1:20 behind Ayuso.

This Friday the sixth stage will be held, a 215.3 kilometer journey between La Punt and Oberwil-Lieli, making it the longest of this edition. It starts with several climbs and alternates between different levels to end with a 2.5-kilometer climb.