Juan Ayuso showed up again this cold Monday at coast of the Ligurian Sea (Italy) his great potential, the class he has and how good he is. He The UAE Team Emirates rider was born in Barcelona flew the inaugural time trial of 59th edition of Tirreno Adriaticofight a 10 kilometer, technical route, with some delicate curves, which he laid out well.
Ayuso ran so well that he didn’t miss any CRI meter and he gave it his all, he set a time of 11.24 seconds, one less than the specialist in fighting the clock, the Italian. Filippo Gannasurpassing, by no more and no less than 22 seconds, the two-time Tour de France champion, the Dane Jonas Vingegaard and 24 of the former Giro d’Italia champion, Jai Hindley.
This first Monday of March is Juan Ayuso’s sixth victory of the year and the second of the season after what he achieved in the French classic of Faun-Ardeche Classic. A victory that allows him to start as the leader who is now in the second phase this Tuesday of ‘Race of the Sun’ with a margin of 22 seconds from Vingegaard.
Ayuso suffered greatly when he saw how tight his victory was in the time he was marking ‘Pippo’ Ganna and these were his words when he found out that he was the winner: “Uncertainty until the end. Ganna is a time trial specialist, he was very close to me in the intermission and in the final. I had energy in the first half and in the last half I gave it my all. I know that against other favorites I am doing very well. 22 seconds in Vingegaard? He will be a great rival and it will be very difficult to beat him, but I already have an advantage.
Source: La Verdad
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