Juan Ayuso showing strong form! Spaniard breaks record in the Sierra Nevada as he prepares for the Giro

Juan Ayuso is looking to be at a very good level in early 2025. The Spaniard continues with his preseason before making his official debut in the Faun-Ardèche Classic on March 1, in the Sierra Nevada and is already moving watts, surely thinking about his big goal of 2025: the Giro d'Italia.

The UAE Team Emirates - XRG star put in a very notable performance yesterday, breaking the record of the Purche climb in Monachil, beating the previous records of Team Jayco AlUla's Chris Harper and Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Sepp Kuss and leaving it in 19 minutes and 11 seconds, no more and no less than 40 seconds better than the previous best time after climbing at a pace of an average of 19.5 kilometres per hour.

Ayuso is now scheduled to race the two French classics of Faun in early March before participating at the Tirreno-Adriatico, in which he was second behind Jonas Vingegaard in 2024 is on the cards. Then it's likely to be Volta a Catalunya at the end of the month, the last thing confirmed in his calendar is the aforementioned Giro d'Italia, which according to UAE Team Emirates - XRG's comments, will be Ayuso's only Grand Tour of the 2025 season.