Vuelta a España director asks UAE Team Emirates to include Juan Ayuso in line-up

Vuelta a España director Javier Guillén has called on UAE Team Emirates to include Juan Ayuso in their line-up for the race, which gets underway in Lisbon on August 17.

Ayuso was not initially slated to ride this year’s Vuelta, and he has not raced since he abandoned the Tour de France on stage 13 after testing positive for COVID-19. Later in the Tour, UAE Team Emirates manager Mauro Gianetti reiterated that Ayuso would not be included in their Vuelta line-up, where Adam Yates and João Almeida are set to lead.