Juan Ayuso discussion thread

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Ayuso has said he and the team knew he wasn't fit to contest GC when he was asked to do the Vuelta.
I have read some rumours/conspiracy theories about Unipublic designing a silly easy route to attract Pogacar, and then when UAE confirmed Pogacar's not racing, Unipublic asked them to bring Ayuso.
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Ayuso at this point is the new Evgeni Berzin!
Only that he didn't even win the 2023 Tour de Suisse as the new super talent due to his inconsistency contrary to Berzin's win at the 1994 Giro d'Italia!
 
Ayuso has said he and the team knew he wasn't fit to contest GC when he was asked to do the Vuelta.
I have read some rumours/conspiracy theories about Unipublic designing a silly easy route to attract Pogacar, and then when UAE confirmed Pogacar's not racing, Unipublic asked them to bring Ayuso.
Pogacar sabotaging teammates from his couch yet Ayuso is the terrible teammate
 
Pogacar sabotaging teammates from his couch yet Ayuso is the terrible teammate
If Ayuso was actually serious here, he'd have prepared in July as if he was riding the Vuelta because he'd know that a decision would be taken right after the Tour worst case. In reality that's what happened, but with the twist that Pog even one week before Paris strongly hinted that he wouldn't participate.

And what then if Ayuso didn't get the call up? Well, then you go to Poland, Worlds, EC and Italy.

Unserious from Ayuso - ESPECIALLY with his latest antics in mind begging to ride. Insufferable character laying the blame on the team after another collapse.

Now watch Ayuso chase breaks and not give a single *** about Almeida
 
If Ayuso was actually serious here, he'd have prepared in July as if he was riding the Vuelta because he'd know that a decision would be taken right after the Tour worst case. In reality that's what happened, but with the twist that Pog even one week before Paris strongly hinted that he wouldn't participate.

And what then if Ayuso didn't get the call up? Well, then you go to Poland, Worlds, EC and Italy.

Unserious from Ayuso - ESPECIALLY with his latest antics in mind begging to ride. Insufferable character laying the blame on the team after another collapse.

Now watch Ayuso chase breaks and not give a single *** about Almeida
UAE were pretty strong in their communication he wouldn't race the Vuelta. If Poland was important it would have been on the schedule with or without the Vuelta.
 
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Regardless of the particular circumstances that had him perform so poorly today, his climbing and in particular his floor have always been suspect. Imploded in Catalunya on an easy route where the queen stage was cancelled.
 
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So what has Ayuso done in July to be so out of shape that you wouldn't be able to do a proper Vuelta knowing a month in advance that you'd do the Vuelta? I presume thats Pogacar's fault as well?
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To be honest that sounds somehow plausible.
With Carlos Rodriguez out, Mas...they probably knew he isn't likely to start and Landa questionable, I wouldn't be surprised if that's true.
But Ayuso had been pressuring the media for weeks, saying he wanted to go to the Vuelta.
The same thing happened last year. He asked to go to the Vuelta for weeks. In the end, they didn't take him.

If he's so insistent, he must be in decent shape as the first reserve.

In any case, he would have competed in Poland, which was a race before the Vuelta.
 
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Ayuso was given *** 2 GCs as a leader in a team with a handful more loyal and more decorated riders. He is just an spoiled brat or whatever the cycling equivalent is, leaving the team down when its his turn to work and showing attitudes over and over again. Fortunately, he will not be given such opportunities anymore or if, then in a lesser team.
 
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