Juan Ayuso is closing out his time at UAE Team Emirates-XRG with a bang, reminding whomever his next employer is to be know of his strengths, ruthlessness, but also ability to follow orders, as he was told by the car to play out the final tactically and did just that to win stage 12 of the Vuelta a España.
Having likened his soon-to-be former team, UAE, to a ‘dictatorship’ just days ago, Ayuso ensured his divorce from the team, though already messy, isn’t going to be one that ends only on a sour note, but with victories coming with it before he departs at the season’s conclusion.
“At five kilometres to the finish, I sat up a bit and Javi was getting nervous because he was looking at his first stage in the Vuelta a España,” said Ayuso post-stage, confirming it was a call from the car to hold back from pulling.
“I was told from the car to play like this. This is not something that I really enjoy – to play a bit and not cooperate fully, but sometimes you have to play smart, and that’s what I did in the final.”
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