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Juan Ayuso discussion thread

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As said, read such UAE talks as BS. It's UAE who needs to make a step back now, or the relationship will become tainted and more importantly, history.
Why are you so keen about sending Ayuso to the Vuelta?
Yates and Almeida did a great job for Pog in July, they deserve GT leadership too (even a shared one). Bringing Ayuso in will unbalance the team and would be bad towards Almeida and Yates imo.
 
So basically social media should again decide the outcome of Vuelta? And Almeida and Yates should participate, due to being good boys. Ayuso not, due to being a bad boy?

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Whats the problem? Ayuso is employed if he defy the orders of the employer you dont expect it to be consequences?

Besides when was Aysuo bound to go to the Vuelta from UAE stand of point? are they not allowed to chose better fit captains for the Vuelta if they want? Yates and Almeida proven to be better shape than him so they choose them, make sense? What your typing make zero sense.

Dont worrie though Roglic isnt beating any of em he will crash out like he always does so dont worrie about it.
 
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Whats the problem? Ayuso is employed if he defy the orders of the employer you dont expect it to be consequences?

Ayuso is a kid and has the right to defend himself.

Besides when was Aysuo bound to go to the Vuelta from UAE stand of point? are they not allowed to chose better fit captains for the Vuelta if they want? Yates and Almeida proven to be better shape than him so they choose them, make sense? What your typing make zero sense.

You said Ayuso is being punished. So the rest of the argument is BS.

Dont worrie though Roglic isnt beating any of em he will crash out like he always does so dont worrie about it.

Exactly, that is on why i want for Ayuso to go.
 
Ayuso is a kid and has the right to defend himself.

You said Ayuso is being punished. So the rest of the argument is BS.

Yates and Almeida proven to be better so make more sense to go with them over him as leaders in Vuelta. You dont expect teams to choose the best riders? Does that upset you? Think most teams select their riders on that criteria. UAE just have alot of options and make more sense to go with Almeida and Yates from a sporting perspective.

UAE dont have free pass its not FDJ.
 
Its not *** they have proven to be in better shape? So make fully sense they chose the best from a sporting perspective, if that upset you thats weird.

Do you have any data on that, them being in better shape then Ayuso? And does it really matter, considering if Ayuso would be in much better shape, he would still be punished? By not being allowed to participate at Vuelta 2024. Due to not being a good boy?
 
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Do you have any data on that, them being in better shape then Ayuso? And does it really matter, considering if Ayuso would be in much better shape, he would still be punished? By not being allowed to participate at Vuelta 2024. Due to not being a good boy?
I would chose my best riders and the ones performing the best too so would any else employer.

The rabbling about good boy or not doesnt matter this isnt kindergarden were every rider should get to ride, Almeida and Yates have performed better so naturally it make sense to chose them as leaders there, couldnt be any easier in a competetive enviroment, basically thats how it works.
 
I would chose my best riders and the ones performing the best too so would any else employer.

Yeah, but still it's you who wrote:

Whats the problem? Ayuso is employed if he defy the orders of the employer you dont expect it to be consequences?

So if you are now backing out of this and saying it has nothing to do with the decision, then OK. In your opinion Ayuso then just isn't selected, due to being in bad form and not for his behaviour and being a bad boy. As i got such vibe in this thread, people focusing much more on the latter than the former. When reasoning about the selection.

I don't know about Yates, but Almeida was scheduled to do Tour and Vuelta this season. Ayuso was only supposed to do the Tour.

If he really was away from the bike for 3 weeks, it's likely not a good idea to take him to the Vuelta. He's still very young, I don't think this will affect him that much.

OK, he is in bad form and wasn't planned to do Vuelta in the first place. All good.
 
So if you are now backing out of this and saying it has nothing to do with the decision, then OK. In your opinion Ayuso then just isn't selected, due to being in bad form and not for his behaviour and being a bad boy. As i got such vibe in this thread, people focusing much more on the latter than the former. When reasoning about the selection.
Its more so on performance wice and who delivered best performance than anything else for me what I meant by it by team orders/expectations, and he he fails to deliver what was expected from him not anything else - thats only natural as a employer in a competetive enviroment, if thats duo to he was sick or not i dont know im not into the guessing game but nevertheless those two deserve it more based on performance so naturally for me they get it.

Im not into the emotion part and neither do I think they are in a big way, and the end of the day its who deserves it more as it is in every team, just imo. And thats not Ayuso. Also cause he was sick its only natural to think they ahead of him form wice too.
 
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Got it.

Ayuso is out of form and that is on why he isn't going to Vuelta 2024. Get in shape and you can lead next year then, or i guess Tour.
Man someone is just better than him and deserve it more from a performance perspective its not rocket science and deeper than that even though it might be for you, perform better and he might have been leader at Vuelta this year yes, such is life.
 
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Thats how it goes when you're too oblivious to the fact that you're riding with an all time rider at the peak of his powers and still attempt to hide whenever you can for selfish reasons. Very much deserved if he doesn't make the team IMO
Next year or years or whenever he leaves he can ride whatever he wants how he wants, he should just cross his fingers he dont end up on the blacklist.
 
Next year or years or whenever he leaves he can ride whatever he wants how he wants, he should just cross his fingers he dont end up on the blacklist.

I am confused now. I thought he was in bad form and all he has to do is to get in shape? Anyway, Vuelta is just around the corner and lets see what happens. According to his team the decision will be made in last hour anyway. So Ayuso can still train and get into needed shape.
 
I am confused now. I thought he was in bad form and all he has to do is to get in shape? Anyway, Vuelta is just around the corner and lets see what happens. According to his team the decision will be made in last hour anyway. So Ayuso can still train and get into needed shape.
Dont be confused I get its hard. Sporting enviroment/teams base their criterias on performance I get that part is confusing. Yes lets see.
 
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Ayuso, despite his selfish ways and young "star" kid antics, needs NOT to make an Uijtdebroeks. UAE is THE team for him, Matxin knows it, he knows it, him signing with Movistr wil just lead to more pressure, hate from the Movistar haters, and we know how they work (Jorgenson taking things in his own hands to progress there)
 
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Ayuso, despite his selfish ways and young "star" kid antics, needs NOT to make an Uijtdebroeks. UAE is THE team for him, Matxin knows it, he knows it, him signing with Movistr wil just lead to more pressure, hate from the Movistar haters, and we know how they work (Jorgenson taking things in his own hands to progress there)

It's different indeed, as here Ayuso actually doesn't want to leave the team, he just wants to race. Not only the fans, but the team portraying him as being selfish for that. If we go back, pre Tour interviews, Ayuso actually said, when Pogi will be in good position he will race for himself too. So what exactly is he being punished for? He must have been told that is OK, otherwise why would he be publicly saying it. If the team would made it clear he will go to the Tour only to support Pogi, that was likely not the agreement.

Hence the team is the one that should be punished now, Ayuso riding the Vuelta. And if in best position, for Almeida and Yates to support him in the battle for the overall, that would be adequate.
 
Is there actually any sort of evidence that he is being 'punished'? This whole discussion seems extremely speculative to me. He dropped out of the Tour with illness and wasn't supposed to ride the Vuelta anyway. He might not have had the best preparation to just be chucked into that race now, and the team also has a lot of other riders they need to give some crumbs to. Several riders on the team were probably promised they would ride the Vuelta (some with leadership, like Yates and Almeida) and has had their plans geared towards Vuelta participation for a long time already.

I'll bow down to the greater wisdom of anyone who can show me any quotes from relevant people that Ayuso is being punished, however.
 
@Squire

Gianetti made it rather clear in interviews and most fans in this thread are rather keen to put much emphasise on things like Ayuso was being selfish at the Tour, as criteria for (non) selection. Imagine if Pogi would not be included in the Tour selection, reason selfish. In the end it's mobbing, that is what this really is. They are trying to man handle a kid.

Keep on fighting Juan!