After his withdrawal from the Tour de France and missing the Vuelta a España, Juan Ayuso finds himself with options to be first in the Zurich road world championship this Sunday because he had time to focus on the World Cup, he highlights.
In the races he competed in before the World Cup event, Ayuso finished 22nd in the Paris Olympic Games and starred in the Tour of Luxembourgwhere he finished fifth overall and won the individual time trial.
“All the races I did in the last few weeks were in preparation for Zurich. “I’ve had great experiences with the National Team and it’s always nice to represent your country and more than one tour so you know that if things go well you’ll achieve something important,” he points out.
Carlos Rodríguez also arrives from Granada who is looking forward to his second World Cup. after its first participation in 2021 in Flanders.
“I come to the World Cup with more experience and background than I have played before. The evolution in these years has been good and I hope that this time I can be ahead of the competition or to help my teammates,” he said.
After a Vuelta a España in which he did not reach where he expected, that is, fighting for the podium and had to settle for tenth place, he explained that he was committed to “rest a little to assimilate all the load . of work” he did in the three weeks between the Vuelta and the World Cup.
“Some days also squeeze a little to remove the carbon and try to get to this World Championship in the best possible way,” he said.
From the concentration with the other members of the team in Alsace, Carlos Rodríguez showed that they have trained “well”, there is a good atmosphere and that he believes that they will all arrive in good condition. “Our team is good, I think we can do it, so we will fight hard on Sunday to do our best” he added.
Regarding the difficult route, the native of Granada commented that “a circuit with longer climbs, not so short, would be better for him, perhaps more suited to runners who shine in the classics”, but he emphasizes that he prepared it anyway. well and that he will try “do the best possible”, whether for him or for any of his teammates, “who will definitely fight.”
Source: La Verdad
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