After a lot hypothesis, UAE Staff Emirates-XRG have confirmed that Juan Ayuso will depart the staff on the finish of 2025, breaking a long-term and high-value contract that was set to run till the tip of 2028.
He’ll full the season with UAE Staff Emirates-XRG, with whom he’s at the moment racing the Vuelta a España.
Ayuso is at the moment racing on the Vuelta a España, however after hypothesis surrounding his future and a possible transfer resurfaced, with Lidl-Trek rumoured as a possible touchdown spot, UAE have confirmed that he shall be leaving.
UAE’s announcement stated the choice got here “following variations within the imaginative and prescient of growth plans and within the alignment with the staff’s sporting philosophy”.
“I’ve had the prospect to develop and to compete alongside the easiest, and I do know that what I’ve discovered will all the time stay a part of my skilled background.
I now really feel it’s time for me to take a special path, with the identical enthusiasm and I want UAE Staff Emirates – XRG success for the long run.”
“UAE Staff Emirates – XRG will proceed on its path of development and growth, assured that the staff’s identification and energy stay our basis. We want Juan each success sooner or later.”
Ayuso initially emerged as one of many subsequent tremendous skills on UAE, having completed third and fourth at his residence Grand Tour, the Vuelta, on his debut and second look. However he is seemingly fallen down the pecking order as a GC chief, with Tadej Pogačar being the staff’s major focus and João Almeida and Isaac del Toro thriving because the secondary and tertiary choices in 2025.
The Spanish rider has confronted criticism internally and externally throughout his time at UAE, together with as lately as yesterday, when Almeida complained about his lack of assist up the ultimate climb on stage 9 of the Vuelta – the place he ceded time to Jonas Vingegaard whereas the likes of Ayuso supplied no assist.