Juan Ayuso (22 years old) It has long ceased to be a promise. Specifically, since in the return of 2022, with 19 years (a few days of turning 20) he went up to the third drawer of the podium in Madrid breaking a precocity record dating 100 years ago. After that, and marching step by step, that of Jávea, based in Andorra, It is a consolidated reality in the platoon.
As for the greats of the calendar, it was also in the 2023 return (4th, after the triplet of the visma), the Tour of 2024 (abandonment by Coronavirus) and, in this 2025, its premiere arrives in the turn since Friday. He does it in what is being the best season of his career (beyond the five victories), as leader of the UAE and being one of the great favorites. For the corridor “The rival to beat” will be Primoz Roglic (35 years), that by palmarés and veteranía it is, although Juan arrives with the maximum ambitions. Since 2015 no Spanish conquers a large one (Alberto Contador in the Giro) and now there is an important opportunity, and more in a country and a race, even if it is the sub-23 category, in which Ayuso already triumphed in 2021 in the Giro Baby With only 18 years.
Already at the end of 2020, with Matxin as a great courage, he had signed for the UAE, And in that initial period they ‘gave’ Colpack Ballan to follow his progression. In that summer of 2021 they saw that he was ready to make the leap and went to the aforementioned UAE, with which he has a contract until 2028. However, the bicycle was not in his life from the crib, and that his childhood was marked by the removals. Born in Barcelona (raised in Jávea, he is considered Valencian, not Catalan), with two years his family moved to Atlanta for work reasons of his father, Javier.
“From that stage I remember little, the truth. I got English, yes. I had a friend, but I returned with almost 6 years and I didn’t know more about him ”Juan A As, and that is that in the United States he already had a first contact with the soccer. The family returned to Spain and lived a short season in Madrid. In that period, Juan continued with football, this time in the Canillas team, playing in Valdebebas (the Real Madrid Sports City) as a Right side. With just two years in the capital, he played a new destination … and the family had thought of Asturias, but there were no places in British schools for Juan. Finally, Jávea (Alicante) was the destiny they decided.
“All foreign journalists are surprised at my English, and that every time I lose it more,” It stands out about the language. At age eight, and thanks to his friend Mateo, the key moment comes: Juan tests at the cycling school. “I used the club bikes until I had my own, which I remember was a black and orange orbea.” Already centered uniquely, 2017 was a key year: champion of Spain cadet in the background and chrono. “At that time I thought it could become a continental corridor (3rd category) or Pro Teams (2nd),” He explains, and his growth was unstoppable until he was a squad star with a long way to do.
Having accountant as an idol in his childhood, Barça fan and the NFL being one of its big hobbies to see (although since 2022, not for his stage in Atlanta)Juan has in his masseuse, Paco Lluna, A very important support. It also did the same work with Marco Pantani. “I hadn’t even born and he was already in cycling. I have full confidence. It is the voice of calm and wisdom. When I am hotter, it is the one that puts everything in context ”, Ayuso explains. “I hope this season marks my career,” warns the UAE corridor, already in Albania. And for this the turn is key.
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