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Which doesnt make much sense since he was quite decent in Paris and there should be enough time to get better. Remember, Ayuso really isn't great at one day races, particularly not with a route like this one. I think it has very little to do with his level and much more so with his commitment to Pogacar in July and the team's plans of the season and the Vuelta. Also, had Del Toro not performed the way he has, that particular spot would be Juan's I think. 2 1/2 protected riders should be enough, and you also have a bunch of very talented riders like McNulty etc. who has been promised to ride this race most likely.
Maybe Ayuso was just never supposed to ride the Vuelta and it became and after-thought when he dropped out. Then he got sick and was bad in the Olympics.
It doesnt seem in anyones best interest that he would start.
I dont understand why some people are suddenly on "team Ayuso". It is just because they dont like UAE.
Yes, then let me rephrase: Where do you get that from? I haven't seen it mentioned and find it very likely that they don't want him in the team because he has shown no will to help anybody so far in his career and that having him in the team will make it very difficult to have a good environment.
Completing a race, for an athlete, and being in your best form are two very different things. Likewise he could start the Vuelta, but he would probably not be able to perform or have anything to do with the win... not being in his best form. He might be able to finish though, of course, even though he would probably drop out instead of suffering with no good result to aim for.
It is not Bob lining up for a marathon straight from the couch.
He is 21, and was never scheduled to ride la vuelta. I think that is the principal reason he has not been taken.
Was there some friction in the Tour team about his performance on Galibier, possibly. Have yates and almeida shown themseleves as a good team (yes Suisse). Is it important that a team has balance without too many ‘cooks’, yes. Have Yates and Almeida proven they can podium GTs, yes. These could have been ‘minor factors’ in the decision but i suspect minor (other than team balance).
The practical reality is that even though he DNF stage 13 of the tour so missed the last week it would be very rare for any 21 year old to do two GTs in a season.
Coupled with the fact he left the Tour with illness so we can safely presume that affected him for some time post Tour. Far from being seen as ‘punishing him’ they are probably just following the original plan!
If i was Ayuso I’d get my head down, try and race more with Pog to learn from the best and take opportunities in the races i am not being asked to domestique for him.
There is surely no rider at UAE under any illusion that Pog is top dog and whenever he races they are domestique.
Was there some friction in the Tour team about his performance on Galibier, possibly. Have yates and almeida shown themseleves as a good team (yes Suisse). Is it important that a team has balance without too many ‘cooks’, yes. Have Yates and Almeida proven they can podium GTs, yes. These could have been ‘minor factors’ in the decision but i suspect minor (other than team balance).
The practical reality is that even though he DNF stage 13 of the tour so missed the last week it would be very rare for any 21 year old to do two GTs in a season.
Coupled with the fact he left the Tour with illness so we can safely presume that affected him for some time post Tour. Far from being seen as ‘punishing him’ they are probably just following the original plan!
If i was Ayuso I’d get my head down, try and race more with Pog to learn from the best and take opportunities in the races i am not being asked to domestique for him.
There is surely no rider at UAE under any illusion that Pog is top dog and whenever he races they are domestique.
Ah, finally some hard evidence. Then you wouldn't mind linking me the interview where Gianetti makes it rather clear that Ayuso's non-selection is punishment for being selfish?
You don't have to look far, was mentioned already in this thread:
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It's based on this article: https://www.tuttobiciweb.it/article...nce-zampata-re-leone-tappa-17-evenepoel-ayuso
The comments in non-bold are not by Gianetti.
First of all, that wasn't an interview with Gianetti. The thing you are reading on Tuttobici is the view of Mario Cipollini having a daily chat with I do not know who. Some guy named Poetta(?). Secondly, the unknown in question is only paraphrasing Gianetti, saying he isn't riding. Not that he isn't riding because he was selfish. That's just your mind running to conclusions.You don't have to look far, was mentioned already in this thread:
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Edit: Poetta is the wife of Cipo. He is chatting to Claudio Ghisalberti.
@Coffeeplanter
You seem to have deep understanding of the background, even down to wife involed, so best to ask you directly. Did Gianetti say what is written in that X post or he didn't say that? Lets leave the interpretations out for now.
Was that said by Gianetti, or not?
You seem to have deep understanding of the background, even down to wife involed, so best to ask you directly. Did Gianetti say what is written in that X post or he didn't say that? Lets leave the interpretations out for now.
Was that said by Gianetti, or not?
The correct answer is that we don't know. What we do know is saying 'Gianetti said' is misleading and false.
Fair enough but why is it then presented as Gianetti quote and not something Cipollini said? It was all over the news:
"Ayuso was supposed to do the Tour. Do you see him? No, he won’t do the Vuelta" - UAE team boss has no plans to send Juan Ayuso to ride the Spanish grand tour
While Tadej Pogacar has a pretty flawless Tour de Fr
cyclinguptodate.com
I don't speak Italian but translating the article:
LA ZAMPATA DI RE LEONE. EVENEPOEL PUO' TENTARE L'IMPOSSIBILE, AYUSO E' GIA' NELL'IMPOSSIBILE...
Mario Cipollini analizza per noi la tappa numero 17 della Grande Boucle
www.tuttobiciweb.it
The way this reads to me it indeed was an interview with Cipollini but the journalist talking to Cipollini raised the question in which he, the journalist, told Cipollini on what Gianetti said to him, the journalist? To that question Cipollini responded in the lines of for sure Galibier left a "bad sign difficult to erase". This is the translation i got so native speaker can correct it.
So basically what you are questioning is the validity of journalist claim? Why? Is that journalist known for that?
Anyway, what are we saying then? Gianetti was happy with Ayuso, Cipollini and his sentiment toward Ayuso in the article was positive, fans all over the internet supported Ayuso? Why on earth would then the journalist in question ask such question and got a respond as he did? So although we can't be 100% sure the journalist was teling the truth i don't see any special reason he would lie about it. So best to leave this one to ones personal decision on what to believe.
I presume you are capable of reading? First of all, I am not responsible for what other websites decide to put on their page, which makes the question as to why they decide to publish it quite silly. Secondly, websites making clickbait titles and sensationalistic headlines in order to create clicks and thereby revenue? I, for one, am shocked.Fair enough but why is it then presented as Gianetti quote and not something Cipollini said? It was all over the news:
"Ayuso was supposed to do the Tour. Do you see him? No, he won’t do the Vuelta" - UAE team boss has no plans to send Juan Ayuso to ride the Spanish grand tour
While Tadej Pogacar has a pretty flawless Tour de Fr
I don't speak Italian but translating the article:
LA ZAMPATA DI RE LEONE. EVENEPOEL PUO' TENTARE L'IMPOSSIBILE, AYUSO E' GIA' NELL'IMPOSSIBILE...
Mario Cipollini analizza per noi la tappa numero 17 della Grande Boucle
The way this reads to me it indeed was an interview with Cipollini but the journalist talking to Cipollini raised the question in which he, the journalist, told Cipollini on what Gianetti said to him, the journalist? To that question Cipollini responded in the lines of for sure Galibier left a "bad sign difficult to erase". This is the translation i got so native speaker can correct it.
So basically what you are questioning is the validity of journalist claim? Why? Is that journalist known for that?
Anyway, what are we saying then? Gianetti was happy with Ayuso, Cipollini and his sentiment toward Ayuso in the article was positive, fans all over the internet supported Ayuso? Why on earth would then the journalist in question ask such question and got a respond as he did? So although we can't be 100% sure the journalist was teling the truth i don't see any special reason he would lie about it. So best to leave this one to ones personal decision on what to believe.
Thirdly, I never made any claim regarding the validity of the journalist. That is, once again, your mind running to nonsense. What I did say is that the quote presented is not a direct quote, but rather Ghisalberti paraphrasing. I presume you know what this means? The word 'selfish' or any synonym was also never used, you just made that up. The Galibier leaving a bad mark is a thought / opinion of Cipollini, not information.
The last paragraph is not even worth responding to, just gibberish. Don't bother quoting me again on this subject, you have all the information you need. If you wish to run to premature conclusions, that's on you.
My head hurts just reading these posts. I'll just wait for the final startlist and really learn if he starts or not.
OK. Then lets assume that what was said by the journalist, until refuted, is valid. If nobody is really questioning validity of it. Especially due to general sentiment backing such claim to much greater extent then to raise question over it.
Too easy.
I wish they would ship him to Movistar.
They should've done it a year earlier and get Jorgenson as an exchange.
So basically I was right in that the plan was he would do the Tour only and not the Vuelta. It is just an after-thought and him trying to push himself into the plans of the team.
What happened there is what happened. He then got sick and couldnt make himself justice in the Olympics. He wont be in form for Vuelta either.
It is not him being "punished". Moreso the team is not changing their initial plan just to accommodate Ayuso, because he unexpectedly or by his own doing was withdrawn/removed from the Tour.
It wouldnt be fair to Del Toro, who has prepared specifically for the Vuelta.
Almeida/Yates who has been promised to go Vuelta.
And the other guys who would make up the team.
Ayuso himself was adamant about going to the Tour. He got the chance to go there, but he knew Pog was the leader and that he was expected to help. Just like Almeida and Yates... who both got very good GC-results. He could have done so himself.
Now he is out of form and badly prepared.
He can feel sorry himself but has to check himself first. Learn from this and then bounce back with a different perspective on things. His best chance to win a GT is to stay at UAE. Unless they all fed up with each other, I guess.
What happened there is what happened. He then got sick and couldnt make himself justice in the Olympics. He wont be in form for Vuelta either.
It is not him being "punished". Moreso the team is not changing their initial plan just to accommodate Ayuso, because he unexpectedly or by his own doing was withdrawn/removed from the Tour.
It wouldnt be fair to Del Toro, who has prepared specifically for the Vuelta.
Almeida/Yates who has been promised to go Vuelta.
And the other guys who would make up the team.
Ayuso himself was adamant about going to the Tour. He got the chance to go there, but he knew Pog was the leader and that he was expected to help. Just like Almeida and Yates... who both got very good GC-results. He could have done so himself.
Now he is out of form and badly prepared.
He can feel sorry himself but has to check himself first. Learn from this and then bounce back with a different perspective on things. His best chance to win a GT is to stay at UAE. Unless they all fed up with each other, I guess.
He's confirmed not to start the Vuelta, by mutual agreement with the team, after realising during his training rides that he's far from his best condition.
as.com
Ayuso, ausente en La Vuelta: “Fue algo mutuo con el equipo y de mejor interés para el futuro”
Juan no irá a La Vuelta. “Desde el Tour nunca volví a mi nivel”, dice a AS el del UAE por el COVID. “Es un Patrimonio para nosotros”, añade Matxín.
So reading the article, basically Ayuso and Gianetti, they came to the mutual agreement about what is best for Ayuso future and that is for Ayuso having long Covid ATM. Rather convenient.
P.S. Read punished.
P.S. Read punished.
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