"The team told me not to start" - Juan Ayuso riding blind in one eye at the Giro d'Italia after bee sting
CyclingThursday, 29 May 2025 at 14:22
Juan Ayuso is enduring a tough ordeal at the Giro d’Italia, with the latest setback being a wasp sting. The Spanish cyclist started Stage 18, but it’s uncertain whether he’ll be able to finish, as he had no vision in his right eye, as he explained to Eurosport before the stage:
“It’s been really tough — I’ve been feeling really bad. Yesterday during the stage, I was stung by a wasp or a hornet, and people can see how my eye looks. I can’t see out of my right eye. I’m here because I want to support the team. The team told me not to start, but I wanted to at least try, to test myself in the first few kilometres.”
“When you’re winning, you have to know how to manage that, and now that things aren’t going well, you have to manage that too. You’ve got to take it philosophically — there’s another Giro next year, more opportunities ahead, and life goes on. You just have to keep going and not let it get to you,” Ayuso concluded.
Given is problems with vision, it seems only a matter of time until the news of his abandonment comes through sadly.
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The team is right. If he is unable to see clearly he is a danger to not only himself but the entire pelaton. It sucks for him no doubt but one rider finishing a race isn't more important than the safety of others
You are right,but, it’s not easy to convince a rider who feels he can still ride to stop. Again, it doesn’t seem like UAE have very strong management, reminiscent of Visma at their Vuelta sweep. BUT, what if it actually “suited”them to have Ayuso out at this moment?
Wow not how I imagined his Giro ending.
At least he was far down in the standings and already struggling when this unfortunately occurred. Can you imagine if it happened if he were leading the race?
Well, it happened in a way that had him tumble off the podium, which is close to what you say. Poor guy, what a lousy way to end the race for him.
I was counting on the Rogliduritis bacteria but this definitely beats it ;-)
Well the bee was at the back of the race and he would have been at the front