2023-04-29 00:44:23
Juan Ayuso is 20 years old, too young to be someone relevant in the world of cycling. But this new batch of precocious runners who have restored the illusion of this sport are breaking the molds of decades of uniformity. After impressing in the Vuelta a España in his debut season -where he was third overall-, the very young Spaniard, after seven months off the bike due to an Achilles tendon problem, returned in this Tour of Romandiawas second in the sprint of the third stage of the Swiss tour on Thursday and won this Friday in an exhibition in the time trial to wear yellow in Chatel-Saint-Denis.
The Spaniard from the UAE added his second professional victory -first in the World Tour after winning at the Getxo Circuit last year- by leading five seconds over Matteo Jorgensona boy who is shining at the beginning of the season at Movistar, and at 17 his teammate Adam Yatesone of the heavyweights of the squad.
In addition, this victory allows the talented cyclist from Javea to lead the queen stage of Romandía. Thus, with an 18-second advantage over the American of the telephone companies and 19 over Tobias Foss (Jumbo-Visma), Ayuso will defend this Saturday noon the maillot amarillo on the long and tough climb up the Thyon 2000 alpine, with 20.9 kilometers of ascent at 7.6 percent average gradient.
In short, at a start to the campaign that began gray after too many months without competing, Ayuso He arrived in Switzerland with no great goals beyond riding without riding without pain. However, the optimal level that the man from Alicante is showing in his first appearance of the course is, to say the least, promising.
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