{"id":99568,"date":"2025-08-28T22:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/99568\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T22:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:35:09","slug":"uaes-two-pronged-approach-to-the-vuelta-fizzles-on-the-first-mountain-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/99568\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE’s two-pronged approach to the Vuelta fizzles on the first mountain stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jo\u00e3o Almeida is left as UAE’s lone GC contender after Juan Ayuso cracks on the final climb of stage 6.<\/p>\n

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The two-pronged strategy of UAE Team Emirates-XRG at the 2025 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a was blunted on the first mountain stage of the race as Juan Ayuso cracked dramatically on the final climb. When the dust settled on Thursday’s stage 6, Jay Vine had taken a stage win for UAE but only Jo\u00e3o Almeida remained in contention for a team that came into the Vuelta with two GC headliners.<\/p>\n

Despite his collapse on the climb to Pal in Andorra, however, Ayuso reflected on the day with surprising calm.<\/p>\n

“It’s been like this the whole race, and I’ve said it from day one and even before the start,” Ayuso told Eurosport. “My plan was not to go for the GC, but the team asked me to give it my all out of respect, so I tried. But I don’t feel good, so I went with the flow.”<\/p>\n

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