As a teammate of Tadej Pogacar, Juan Ayuso knows exactly what is necessary to become the best cyclist in the world. That is exactly the goal of the 22-year-old. At the moment, however, this is unattainable for him, as he admits – because Pogacar is simply not to be beat.
Already at a young age, Juan Ayuso has proven that he has what it takes to become an extremely successful cyclist. The UAE driver finished third in the Vuelta 2022, and a year later he took fourth place on the Spain Tour. Despite these remarkable results, he knows that he still has to improve in many areas, as the Spaniard wrote in a contribution to “Wiel Revue”.
“I want to become a better climber to close the gap like Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel and Primož Roglič. And no, I will not mention Pogacar here. If I say that I want to be better than him, the press will plunge on it,” joked the Spaniard.
Pogacar “sets the yardstick” in cycling
Of course, his goal is to become the best driver in the world at some point. One day being as good as Pogacar is now. But so that we don’t misunderstand: I don’t consider him rivals. He is the person who sets the benchmark where you want to go as a driver, “Ayuso bowed in front of his everything that dominated everything he has a” good relationship “.
The Slovenian is the “absolute leader” of his team. “For him everything is a bit easier than for us. He is simply the best driver in the world and makes everything look easier than it really is,” enthused the young Spaniard of his sporting model.
Sometimes he is asked by people in his circle of acquaintances whether it is normal that Pogacar is so good, wrote Ayuso, who directly supplied: “Is it not. What he shows, reminds of [Lionel] Messi, if he has the ball and just dribble around everyone, as if they were not there. Messi also makes it look easy. Tadej is like Messi in cycling. “