Juan Ayuso may just make his debut on the 2024 Excursion de France and compete along teammate and two-time champion Tadej Pogačar within the race held subsequent summer season from June 29 to July 21.
“I simply were given again from Dubai with the crew. The speculation is to make my debut within the Excursion subsequent yr and spot the way it is going,” Ayuso showed to the EFE information company.
The direction for the 2024 Excursion de France used to be printed on Wednesday. Pogačar has said that the Excursion de France will probably be his major goal in 2024.
Ayuso, 21, has competed two times on the Vuelta a España, the place he completed 0.33 in 2022 and fourth this yr. He additionally completed 2nd on the Excursion de Suisse.
“Jumbo had been awesome to everybody and had been honest winners of the entirety this season,” Ayuso advised the EFE forward of the Madrid Criterium on Saturday.
“I simply were given again from Dubai with the crew. The speculation is to make my debut within the Excursion subsequent yr and spot the way it is going,” including that whilst Pogačar will lead the crew on the Excursion de France, he felt it used to be vital to convey a couple of general contender.
“[Pogačar] is recently primary, and it’s commonplace for him to head [as the leader] to the Excursion, however as we have now observed within the Vuelta, the neatest factor is to take a number of riders who’re there.”
At this yr’s Vuelta a España, Ayuso gained the younger rider classification however completed fourth general at the back of the Jumbo-Visma trio of winner Sepp Kuss, runner-up Jonas Vingegaard and third-placed Primož Roglič.
Out of doors of the Excursion de France, Ayuso stated he would additionally like to concentrate on the 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris and the 2024 UCI Street International Championships in Zurich.
“After all, I would really like to be within the Olympics and the International Championships, which may well be even higher for me. What I need is to get to the Video games neatly in order that the trainer can take me, despite the fact that I would really like to be in each occasions, and I’ve that during thoughts.”