Currently in training camp in the Alps, Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) posted a “story” intriguing on her Instagram account. We can see 8 faces on a television with a countdown to the start date of the Tour de France. In this photo, we see (from left to right) Joao Almeida (recent second in the Tour de Suisse and double stage winner), Juan Ayuso (winner of the Tour of the Basque Country), Nils Politt (3rd in the Tour of Flanders), Tadej Pogacar, Pavel Sivakov (2nd in the Tour of Abruzzo), Marc Soler (4th in the Tour of the Basque Country), Tim Wellens (2nd de Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne) et Adam Yates (winner of the Tour de Suisse). A “Dream Team”.
Video – Adam Yates and Joao Almeida crash the Tour de Suisse
Juan Ayuso present
If this team has already been announced for weeks, the presence of Juan Ayuso was not certain. Fell in the immense fall of the 5th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, Ayuso abandoned the event the next day. The young Spaniard was the victim of “Heavy fall to left hip, elbow, knee and ankle. Deep abrasions to left hip and elbow. No obvious fractures. No concussion or spinal injury. Will be stiff and sore at over the next 3-4 days” according to the team’s medical report. Ultimately, this fear should not prevent him from competing in his first Tour de France.
