UAE Team Emirates-XRG team manager Joxean Fernández Matxin has said that Juan Ayuso, set to end his contract early and leave the squad at the end of 2025, will have a team role in what remains in the Vuelta a España.
Ayuso’s bombshell exit from the squad was announced late on Monday evening, with Lidl-Trek widely tipped as a possible destination for the 22-year-old Spanish star.
The team’s GC leader João Almeida, currently running third overall, complained after stage 9 that during the finale when arch-rival Jonas Vingegaard and top Vuelta favourite attacked he had been lacking in sufficient teammates’ support to help him chase down the Visma-Lease a Bike rider.
Regarding Almeida’s comments at the finish that he had been isolated, Matxin said: “If the entire team had…
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