Juan Ayuso recognizes his mistake: “I was stupid to attack so soon”

It couldn’t be. Your team, Lildl-Trekworked well and he tried to top off the good work of his teammates with a victory. Ayuso He took action 7.2 kilometers from the finish line, just over a kilometer before the final ascent to the mountain began. Grand Colombier (8.5 km at 10.1%).

Little by little Ayuso He was ahead of his rivals, whom he had almost 30 seconds behind, 4.8 kilometers from the finish line. A margin vanished in the blink of an eye as soon as the Mexican Isaac del Toro (his former teammate until last season in the ranks of the UAE Team Emirates) took action.

The one of Cove He gradually reduced the margin and the meters that Ayuso had ahead of him, until he hunted him down 1.7 kilometers from the finish line, and then went like lightning for victory.

After finishing the stage, Ayuso acknowledged that his strategy had not been the most successful: “I’m disappointed because I attacked too early. I let the victory slip away, and my teammates deserved it. I was stupid (for attacking so soon) (smiles). There the pace wasn’t very hard and then came the most difficult part. I thought I wasn’t going to save much, but I did.”