Juan Ayuso may make his debut on the 2024 Tour de France and compete alongside teammate and two-time champion Tadej Pogačar within the race held subsequent summer time from June 29 to July 21.
“I simply acquired again from Dubai with the workforce. The concept is to make my debut within the Tour subsequent yr and see the way it goes,” Ayuso confirmed to the EFE information company.
The route for the 2024 Tour de France was revealed on Wednesday. Pogačar has said that the Tour de France shall be his major goal in 2024.
Ayuso, 21, has competed twice on the Vuelta a España, the place he completed third in 2022 and fourth this yr. He additionally completed second on the Tour de Suisse.
“Jumbo have been superior to everybody and have been honest winners of every little thing this season,” Ayuso instructed the EFE forward of the Madrid Criterium on Saturday.
“I simply acquired again from Dubai with the workforce. The concept is to make my debut within the Tour subsequent yr and see the way it goes,” including that whereas Pogačar will lead the workforce on the Tour de France, he felt it was necessary to carry a couple of total contender.
“[Pogačar] is at the moment primary, and it’s regular for him to go [as the leader] to the Tour, however as we now have seen 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 total behind the Jumbo-Visma trio of winner Sepp Kuss, runner-up Jonas Vingegaard and third-placed Primož Roglič.
Exterior of the Tour de France, Ayuso stated he would additionally wish to concentrate on the 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris and the 2024 UCI Highway World Championships in Zurich.
“In fact, I’d like to be within the Olympics and the World Championships, which may very well be even higher for me. What I would like is to get to the Video games properly in order that the coach can take me, though I’d like to be in each occasions, and I’ve that in thoughts.”