Native favorite Juan Ayuso has grow to be a late withdrawal from the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, which begins on Wednesday after it emerged the UAE Workforce Emirates is affected by a minor case of tendinitis.
Ayuso blazed to fame final autumn along with his third place general within the Vuelta a España, making the 19-year-old the second youngest Grand Tour podium finisher.
Hopes had been excessive that the gifted younger Spaniard would impression strongly within the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, the area the place he grew up and raced broadly as a junior and beginner.
Nevertheless, a case of tendinitis has put paid to that concept, and Ayuso’s season debut should wait just a little longer.
“Juan Ayuso was as a result of begin his season right here, however he has been struggling a bit from tendonitis, so we most popular to not rush into racing. Juan is in good spirits, and we’ve little doubt he will probably be prepared to start out his season very quickly,” sports activities supervisor Joxean Fernandez Matxin stated in a staff assertion.
UAE Workforce Emirates line-up for the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana is a deep one even with out Ayuso.
Gifted US climber Brandon McNulty, just lately fifth within the Serra de Tramuntana leg of the Mallorca Problem, double Vuelta a España stage winner Marc Soler and former King of the Mountains Rafal Majka among the many squad’s prime names.
“After the unbelievable win on the Tour Down Below, we’re very eager to style our first victory right here in Europe,” Matxin noticed.
“For Valenciana, we’ve a really skilled staff with an attacking mentality, so we goal to animate the race and go for victories.”
Within the absence of Soler, Spanish followers will probably be pinning lots of their hopes for Valenciana on Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers), who, like Soler, had a breakthrough trip within the Vuelta a España final 12 months.
The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana kicks off on Wednesday with a hilly stage between Orihuela and Altea.
