Juan Ayuso discussion thread

[CyclistAbi]

Will be interesting to see potential gesticulation in between Almeida and Ayuso.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Will be interesting to see potential gesticulation in between Almeida and Ayuso.

Hopefully Marc soler joins in as well

 

[CyclistAbi]

Hopefully Marc soler joins in as well

Should be splendid IMHO.

 

[CyclistAbi]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sMSgeVzpKM


Mandatory training at UAE.

 

[FroomeWagon]

Any chance UAE wants Ayuso to ride the Vuelta (and do well) so they can try and extract more money in the transfer market?

Maybe Ineos? It appears they have a lot of money to spend and no one right now to spend it on?

 

[yaco]

Any chance UAE wants Ayuso to ride the Vuelta (and do well) so they can try and extract more money in the transfer market?

Maybe Ineos? It appears they have a lot of money to spend and no one right now to spend it on?

I suggest that if UAE want Ayuso out then they will not charge a transfer fee.

 

[FroomeWagon]

I suggest that if UAE want Ayuso out then they will not charge a transfer fee.

I would argue that if they were willing to let him go without a transfer fee they wouldn't let him ride the Vuelta and instead focus on riders that would be back next year.

 

[SafeBet]

Ayuso rode his first GT in 2022. Del Toro last year.

Plus this is Ayuso's 4th full year as a pro and he was already riding some WT races at the end of 2021.

Del Toro had yet to ride a .pro race before January 2024.

 

[ice&fire]

Will be interesting to see potential gesticulation in between Almeida and Ayuso.

I expect more of Angliru '23 rather than Galibier '24

 

[hayneplane]

Curious how much they are bending over backwards to accommodate Ayuso wanting all the races and leaderships right away when Jan Christen who I thought was nailed on to ride La Vuelta this year will have gone 2 full years in the world tour without a debut GT as will Morgado and both were, and still are, regarded as significant talents.

 

[yaco]

Curious how much they are bending over backwards to accommodate Ayuso wanting all the races and leaderships right away when Jan Christen who I thought was nailed on to ride La Vuelta this year will have gone 2 full years in the world tour without a debut GT as will Morgado and both were, and still are, regarded as significant talents.

UAE have enough trouble getting their riders to perform as a team when Pogacaar is unavailable and you want to bring the worst culprit of riding for yourself in christen.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

UAE have enough trouble getting their riders to perform as a team when Pogacaar is unavailable and you want to bring the worst culprit of riding for yourself in christen.

Almeida vs Ayuso can get really interesting. Let's just say that an exemplary cooperation shouldn't be expected

 

[Tim Cahill]

Christen is a great rider, though he also seems to be a bit of a 'free spirit' in the Ayuso mould. Morgado I've no idea, massive ceiling but seems to burn brightly then vanish, he was the same when he was younger.

 

[P4rthen0n]

Curious how much they are bending over backwards to accommodate Ayuso wanting all the races and leaderships right away when Jan Christen who I thought was nailed on to ride La Vuelta this year will have gone 2 full years in the world tour without a debut GT as will Morgado and both were, and still are, regarded as significant talents.

Jan Christen?
Why not bring McNulty to the Vuelta as well while we're at it?

Like having Ayuso, Jay Vine and Marc "free from Pogi in the Vuelta" Soler wasn't enough.

 

[Squire]

Oh come on, Jay Vine would be riding for seven leaders who are worse than him, can‘t we replace him with someone less cooperative?

I love how Vine actually uses #TeamVine as a tag on his Instagram posts.

 

[Cycling111]

Curious how much they are bending over backwards to accommodate Ayuso wanting all the races and leaderships right away when Jan Christen who I thought was nailed on to ride La Vuelta this year will have gone 2 full years in the world tour without a debut GT as will Morgado and both were, and still are, regarded as significant talents.

Ayuso's mistreatment in UAE is a false narrative. Few riders in the peloton have had more opportunities in GT than he has at that age. The fourth GT in which he will be the leader. He's also led one-week races.

Christen was very excited at the beginning of the year about making his GT debut. Now he'll be disappointed. Morgado also said he would debut this year.

 

[Rou]

So what is the plan for Juanito?
He is not scheduled for Pologne. Maybe they will add him at the last moment in Burgos?

 

[Peyroteo94]

So what is the plan for Juanito?
He is not scheduled for Pologne. Maybe they will add him at the last moment in Burgos?

His shape looks far from his best shape with just 3 weeks to start the Vuelta.

 

[ice&fire]

His previous pre-Vuelta participations in San Sebastián ended with a DNF and a finish more than 3 minutes behind the winner, which is an indication of nothing.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Ayuso being a generous guy helping his young teammates to good results just means its going to be even funnier when he does absolutely nothing for Almeida.

 

[Unchained]

Ayuso being a generous guy helping his young teammates to good results just means its going to be even funnier when he does absolutely nothing for Almeida.

You have to wonder if they shopped him!? Movistar going with new blood, Wanty- Lotto sound like a merge, Soudal Quickstep look like roster is going away from stage race objectives, and Pogacar had previously really leaned into racing the Vuelta, Ayuso acting a little put out by all the attention that wasn't be paid to him..Pog did the team a solid by opening the schedule for Vuelta. No costly drama

 

[Cycling111]

I'm starting to think Ayuso's problem is that she developed too young and has reached her peak. Despite being young, it doesn't look like she's going to improve much further.

 

[Brullnux]

I'm starting to think Ayuso's problem is that she developed too young and has reached her peak. Despite being young, it doesn't look like she's going to improve much further.

She...? Is this supposed to be a sexist joke of some kind or an actual error?

 

[Peyroteo94]

Well done. Peaked too early in his career. Like Pablo Torres and Cian.

 

[scribers]

I’m so glad I didn’t start that Pablo Torres thread. Won’t make it off page 1 of the thread at this point