The atmosphere promises to be very tense between Juan Ayuso and his team UAE Team Emirates-XRG until the end of this Vuelta And even until the end of the season. This Monday, on the first day of rest, the Emirati training had announced on Monday in a press release the termination of the contract between the two parties, intially linked until 2028. The Spaniard will therefore leave at the end of the 2025 season, probably towards Lidl-Trek. But relations are likely to deteriorate by then … because after the very polished press releases of the day before, whether it is fromUAE or Ayusothe latter took advantage of the departure of the 10th stage this Tuesday to speak in a much more aggressive and resentful tone towards the method used by his future ex-team, who would not have warned this ad. “”They want to harm my image. I suffered a lack of respect after the other from the management of the team. It's a real dictatorship“, he notably launched in remarks compared by the media Capeleando.
VIDEO – Juan Ayuso after his victory Friday on the Vuelta
“When the lack of respect follows one another on the part of the management of the team …”
In a long interview, the Catalan has dropped and did not spare the management ofUAE. “They did so to harm my image. They speak of values and unity, and I totally agree with that. Obviously, yesterday (Monday), they also took advantage of Almeida's displaced remarks, but I discussed with João, and he apologized, because he rather agreed with what happened. I want to help. But of course, when the lack of respect follows one another on the part of the management of the team, it becomes difficult to build a unit and want to integrate.”
After this little bomb, Ayuso wanted to calm the game, in particular concerning its lack of involvement alongside JOAO ALMEIDAthat the latter had regretted Sunday in the final of the 9th stage. “”Out of respect for my teammates and for the quality of my support in recent years, I want to finish this Vuelta in the best way, and I am very happy that you know it all now. Next year, I think, will be a very good year, a new start, and I am happy. I think that the relationship with my teammates, including Almeida, despite all the discussions, is good and it deserves all my support. In addition, the work of the other six members, with the exception of Almeida, deserves that I contribute to the height of my capacities, and that's a bit what I will try to do. I would also have liked to finish with the team, because that was a bit what we tried to do throughout the negotiations, but hey, sometimes … it is rather a dictatorship and a unilateral takeover.”
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– Juan Ayuso (@juann_ayuso) September 1, 2025
“The announcement? I know that everything was done yesterday in half an hour, without notice …”
As for the reason why everything went so badly: “These are questions that must be asked. As I said, yesterday, until 6.30 p.m., I knew nothing, and suddenly, they remembered that the press release would be published after our training, so as not to affect neither me nor my teammates. I know that everything was done yesterday in half an hour, without notice. Well, I don't understand. And then, during the half hour I had, I said that I did not agree with the content of the press release, and I was told that the first press release they had written was much worse and that I had to be satisfied. I have always tried to preserve my mental health, my image and to be respectful, because after all, it is a team that gave me a lot, and I have always been paid by them. So I always tried to be as professional as possible, but it's difficult“, he concluded. The cloth burns between UAE et Ayusoand Spanish may well suffer the consequences and not see Madrid by then …
