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Ayuso rides the Vuelta, according to PCS?…
Confirmed by UAE a few days ago?
What a fantastic stage from him today!
amazing performance. If he can manage 3 weeks reasonably well (I would be surprised if he doesn't have a bad day at his age) I'll really be looking forward to him hopefully doing a Giro next year with another winter of training and full preparation and clear goal of a GC fight.
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He surely has a bright future ahead! A very agressive and ambitious mindset! Hope they can work together in the next stages but i think that we'll have a very interesting soap opera at this Vuelta with him and Almeida
Ayuso didn't feel good before, during and after the TT, if I understand things correctly. He thought he had cought COVID, but has tested negative since.
Could just be due to his age and insufficient prep.
I hope he recovers, but would not be at all surprised if he doesn't finish the race.
Could just be due to his age and insufficient prep.
I hope he recovers, but would not be at all surprised if he doesn't finish the race.
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Stage 10 done, so now he has ridden 10 days in a row for the second time of his life: 2021 Baby Giro, which he won, and 2022 Vuelta.
He‘s 6th in GC in the moment, which is very strong. UAE will now look day to day if it‘s good he stays in the Vuelta, or if it‘s better to leave the race. He had a great season already, so he can ride here without too much pressure. He just should get to know this race, and enjoy the time there.
He‘s 6th in GC in the moment, which is very strong. UAE will now look day to day if it‘s good he stays in the Vuelta, or if it‘s better to leave the race. He had a great season already, so he can ride here without too much pressure. He just should get to know this race, and enjoy the time there.
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Lol, being able to ride this well at 19 years of age while feeling sick on stage 10 in La Vuelta. Almeida might soon need to look for a new team..
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Matxin told Eurosport beforehand that Ayuso couldn't sleep properly and had headaches due to the heat.
I think that he might bonk along the way, but what he's doing in his first GT at only 19 years old means that he will grow into a full winner prospect in the future. If he can hold into, say a top5, it will be just amazing for such a young guy. Almost at a Pogacar 2019 Vuelta level which speaks for itself. And this year Vuelta´s GC field, despite some of the riders being off form, is a truly strong one, it's enough to see the current top 20 to get a picture.
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If Ayuso still holds top 5 or even top 7 position after Sierra Nevada and then bonks it's obviously about age and recovery. Not about talent.
Race needs to get very chaotic and intense though, for that to happen. I don't quite see the terrain.
Even though I might under estimate the intensity of a 3 week grand tour on a 19 years old body.
Soccer players perform on the highest level at that age too. Kluivert was about to become 19 years old when he scored the winning goal in the 1995 Champions League final for Ajax.
Race needs to get very chaotic and intense though, for that to happen. I don't quite see the terrain.
Even though I might under estimate the intensity of a 3 week grand tour on a 19 years old body.
Soccer players perform on the highest level at that age too. Kluivert was about to become 19 years old when he scored the winning goal in the 1995 Champions League final for Ajax.
I'm not an expert on Physiology but my common sense and almost 40 years of cycling fan (and below average amateur cyclist) makes me think that a 3 week stage race it's very stressful and punishing in a 19 years old human body.
What's clear by now (even if he bonk or fades towards the end) it's that Ayuso will be a top tier GC guy, he's way above average for his age
In football, they don't do daily 4 hours long sustained efforts during 21 days so not so stressful for the body
I agree that there is a trend of such young guys believing they have to win a GT or they are nobody. And teams assisting them. Then by the age 26 or so for the career to be over. Instead of i guess only getting started.
And he only has a 10 page rider thread. If a certain Belgian had done that it would have crashed the internet.Ayuso is still riding with the elites in this Vuelta past the halfway point. He's 19.
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Sucks about the flat tire as he could have potentially finished with Roglic or Rodriquez. So far a great GT for the young rider.
Without the flat he could probably finish with Almeida, don't think that he could follow Mal and Roglic but we'll never know. But he is very strong for his age and being only his first GT. Besides this profile stages suits him very well imo. He's a very strong rider in medium mountains and in the explosive finishes. He will become stronger in the next seasons so we could have here a real contender to Vinge, Poga and Evenepoel.
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Not bad for a medium mountain rider
Someone should help me understand how a rider who finished top 5 in Catalunya and Romandie in the age 20 season is seen as strong in medium mountains first
Someone should help me understand how a rider who finished top 5 in Catalunya and Romandie in the age 20 season is seen as strong in medium mountains first
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