Today it was raining during the final part of the stage and we had a hard race from the start because a group of 25 with many riders who were less than 2min behind on the gc got away early on. Raccani, Baldaccini, Van Tricht, Thompson, Mifsud, Johannessen, Porta and Healy. Pena, who was 2:02 behind on the gc, was also part of the group.
The weather wasn't as nasty as it was during the Giro, but it was a hard race with many teams sending riders who weren't far behind on the gc on the attack.
About Ayuso, he's tall and rather lanky, but not super skinny, 183cm tall and 65kg heavy.