His excellent start to the season did not go unnoticed by the MD editorial team and caused more than one conversation, and good feelings all around. Juan Ayuso carried out in the first phase of Tyrrhenian-Adriatic on March 4, in a 10-kilometer time trial that the cyclist born in Barcelona and raised in Xàbia He understands how to be the fastest against specialists of the caliber of Philip Ganna, double world and European time trial champion, and leads the Dane by 22 seconds Jonas Vingegaard. In a runner who is a double winner of Tour de Francewho measures all his actions in millimeters, who rarely misses his shot and who goes to ‘Race of the Two Seas’ after sweeping, as it did in 2023, in O Great Road.
A victory that confirms the good start to the season of Juan Ayuso, where in the seven days of competition that Juan has participated in so far, he managed to win two of them and in three others he did not leave the podium. A hit on the table from a very talented and hardworking runner, who really started to shine in 2022 finishing 3rd in The return and to whom one Damn tendonitis in the Achilles tendon It hindered the start of last year, preventing it from debuting until the end of April, conditioning its presentation and performance.
But, fortunately, these annoyances are a part of the past and Juan is starting a very important year for him, where he will debut in Tour de France alongside the Slovenian phenomenon of Tadej Pogacarand where it seems he can finally show the potential and ambition he has in his legs.
Ayuso, a perfectionist
“Juan won an amazing time trial. It borders on perfection. “I am very happy for him,” he told MD. Joxean Fernández ‘Matxin’, sports manager of UAE Team Emirates. ‘Matxin’ emphasized that Ayuso “had an uncomplicated start to the year. Normality is good news and this is what motivates us this year. We know that results will come and they will come.
The successes at the beginning of the year began to be written in October 2023, when a sports plan was drawn up to October of this year, and at the moment everything is fine. “The work is seeing its fruits.”
In the footsteps of Contador
And nothing beats work, dedication and effort. “He is a very professional runner despite his youth. He has a lot of talent, to which we must add his ability to work, how he trains and sacrifices. Always striving to achieve perfection. Sometimes it is not easy, but if you have the talent that he has is always easier. Now, we will try to maintain this evolution, every day,” he assured. ‘Matxin’. And this Barça fan has a lot of talent. He is capable of winning in all areas and has already shown his potential against references in the peloton such as Vingegaard in Tirreno, or in the 2023 Tour of Switzerland time trial against Evenepoel.
Results that no longer allow him to go unnoticed in the peloton, as happens in Tyrrhenian-Adriatic, where he assures that he now feels that they respect him more, as in his day Alberto counter He is respected, a clear reference to Juan’s career and with whom he spoke after winning the CRI of the ‘Race of the Two Seas’. “Being recognized by someone you really admire is very satisfying. He is one of my idols and reference. “I have the same ambition that he had when he was competing, but I still have a lot to do to be close to him.”
True, he is only 21 years old and writing his first pages of glory, but in cycling today everything is very fast. Maybe too much.
Source: La Verdad
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