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\u201cLet\u2019s see what situations come up and whether we can make the most of them. I think the next stages will be decided by attrition, and there could be some big blow-ups \u2014 I include myself in that, I could crack and lose a lot of time, but Seixas, Del Toro or whoever could lose time too. We need to be there and seize any opportunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Spaniard was also asked about the controversy surrounding anti-doping controls carried out during the night on some riders. Although he acknowledged he has not experienced that himself, he understands the frustration it can cause in the middle of the Tour.<\/p>\n
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Juan Ayuso at the 2026 Tour de France<\/p>\n
Fight against doping and controls at the Tour<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a pretty complicated issue. I haven\u2019t had to do a test at 2:00 or 5:00. If they did it to me at that time, I\u2019d feel frustrated, as I think anyone would. We\u2019re in a Tour where we measure everything down to the millimetre, and if they don\u2019t let you sleep before a super hard stage, it throws you off,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Ayuso made it clear he supports the fight against doping and recalled that he himself was tested on the eve of a rest day, albeit at a time he considers more reasonable.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m the first to want a clean, good sport. On the rest day they came at 22:30. It\u2019s a bit uncomfortable because you want to be getting into bed and so on, but I think those times are more understandable. Anyway, we\u2019ll have to comply \u2014 it is what it is \u2014 so there\u2019s not much more you can do,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n
If you prefer, I can give it a more journalistic angle, in the style of AS, Marca or Eurosport, with a catchier headline and a more developed lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cLet\u2019s see what situations come up and whether we can make the most of them. I think…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[16],"tags":[50,88,52376,29707,4879],"class_list":["post-107194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alps","tag-alps","tag-cycling","tag-juan-ayuso","tag-lidl-trek","tag-tour-de-france"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116969464490266603","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}