After it was previously reported that Ayuso would be missing from UAE Team Emirates' Vuelta lineup, the respected Italian journalist Ciro Scognamiglio of La Gazzetta dello Sport, has now provided a further update on the situation surrounding the 21-year-old Spaniard. "Update about Juan Ayuso and La Vuelta a Espana," the journalist
writes on his official X (Twitter) account. "In this moment, sources confirmed us that the Spanish rider is NOT in UAE Team Emirates' roster for the third grand tour 2024, but he is the first reserve. La Vuelta starts from Portugal on 17/8."
This news will come as a big disappointment to the race director of the Vuelta a Espana, Javier Guillen, who publicly pleaded with UAE Team Emirates to send Ayuso a few days ago. "As of today we don't have Ayuso's confirmation and I also think that there is a question to analyze and that is that the teams are made in advance. The riders have their preparations done and I don't think it's easy to remove a rider from a team to put another one. From there, as a Spanish race, I ask the team to bring us Ayuso. But I ask it with affection, I ask it cordially and I ask it understanding any circumstance. Of course, both the rider, the race and the country need Ayuso to be there," Guillen told AS.