2023-04-29 02:00:00
Four days of competition have been enough for Juan Ayuso to debut his record of victories in 2023. He has also done it in style, in a World Tour event, the Tour de Romandie, and in a modality as demanding as the individual time trial. Not only that. He is also the new leader of the Swiss round.
Back from an Achilles tendon injury that had prevented him from making his debut since the start of the campaign, the man from Jávea scored his second victory as a professional this Friday in Châtel-Saint-Denis after the one harvested last year at the Circuito de Getxo. Third at the halfway point of the time trial, five seconds behind his teammate Adam Yates and Matteo Jorgenson, Ayuso gritted his teeth in the remainder of the climb and plunged into an open grave on the descent to recover time and cross the line. finish line at an hourly average of 44 km/hour. He got enough advantage to win the leader’s yellow jersey. He dosed the forces well in the 18 kilometers of the route.
“I have gone to the top in the descent, I have taken risks,” confessed the promising 20-year-old runner, who becomes part of the now quartet of youngest stage winners of the Tour de Romandie. Among the previous three was Peter Sagan.
Happy, do not lose caution. «I am not in shape, I am going to the limit. My legs feel worse with each passing day. We have to improve.” What he keeps in them is enough for him to win.
UAE and Movistar dominated the top of the standings with six representatives in the top seven. Caruso, sixth, was the only one able to sneak between them. The telephone team placed Jorgenson second, Oliveira fourth and Barta fifth. Five seconds separated them from their first win of the year on the World Tour calendar.
Ayuso defends this Saturday an 18-second lead over Jorgenson on the penultimate day, the queen, between Sion and Thyon 2000, ending at an altitude of 2,090 meters in a 21-kilometre port and an average gradient of 7.8%. It is classified as a special category. He is preceded by two other first class, Anzère and Suen. Tough enough to turn the squad upside down.
It will not be easy for the man from Jávea to keep the lead, since there are many runners in a narrow time frame. Ethan Hayter, the previous yellow jersey, is now tenth overall at just 38 seconds. The teams will move their pieces. It will also be interesting to check the strategy of UAE, Ayuso’s team, which has placed a notable climber like Adam Yates fifth.
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