Juan Ayuso pulls out of tour due to COVID
After several days of “bad feelings” about Juan Ayuso, especially since Monday, On a rest day, the UAE rider recently tested positive in an internal team COVID test, AS has learned. Very low positive values, which allowed him to continue the race. In fact, after the test, he underwent a more thorough examination by the team doctor to make sure everything was okay. and was allowed to continue competing in his first Tour de France at the age of 21. However, at a very difficult start to the stage with a big gap, a fast chase from the peloton and attempts by Visma to overtake, Ayuso was unable to keep up with the pace of the peloton and dropped out at 25 kilometres, ending his first participation in the Tour de France.
Before he was abandoned, some measures were taken to try to avoid internal contact, but this morning, just before Juan smiled, he smiled. departure to Agen. “I’m fine,” allocated this remedy. He arrived in a van, separately from the rest of his colleagues, and also eats, having less contact with his colleagues. This is not the first time he has encountered such a situation. At the 2022 Vuelta, when he was still 19 and about to turn 20, Juan also tested positive for COVID and was able to continue racing. Moreover, he finished third on the podium in Madrid behind Evenepoel and Enric Mas, breaking records for the fastest time.
Ayuso left the Tour when he was ninth overall, 7:09 behind the leader. his partner Tadej Pogačar. He suffered especially on the day of Le Lioran in the Massif Central. giving up more than four minutes. He was third on the fourth stage of the Galibier in Valloire, becoming the youngest Spaniard to take such a leading position on a Tour stage, surpassing the record of Miguel Indurain.
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