Juan Ayuso faces the queen stage of the Tirreno Adriatico in a favourable position to race on and win the overall classification, but without the weight of carring the race throughout the day. He is 22 seconds behind Filippo Ganna and has Antonio Tiberi, Derek Gee, Pello Bilbao, Jai Hindley, Mikel Landa, Adam Yates, Richard Carapaz and company behind him. He is the top favorite to take the lead and that is his goal.
He acknowledged in the Eurosport microphones that today on stage 6 to Frontignano is the key stage for the overall and that he is clear about what he wants to achieve: "The day that at the beginning of the week was D-Day, the one we were always waiting for, but because the weather has been so bad every day has been much harder than expected, today is the day where the differences can be made, hopefully I can put myself in the lead."