The Spaniard Juan Ayuso, of the United Arab Emirates, was proclaimed this Sunday Adriatic Tyrrhenian champion after a week in which he signed the great victory in the sixth phaseThe Queen, and in which he endured the command in the latter-in which the Italian Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trk) was imposed on the Sprint (Lidl-Trk), with any type of surprise that Mathieu Van der Poel only sought without success.
Ayuso, who ended second in this competition last year, won this 60th edition of the “Race of the Two Seas” doing your favorite role well and overcoming the Italian Filippo Ganna (Ineos) in the general. It is the fifth Spanish to win this race, after the successes of Herminio Díaz Zabala, Abraham Olano, Oscar Freire and Alberto Contador.
Ayuso, the Diamond of Spanish cycling born in Jávea, also this year at Drome Classic and Laigueglia Trophy, Did not allow anything to start from the Neptune trident who credits the sample And, despite the attempt to surprise the Dutch Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), he kept the “blue shirt” on the indicated day, widening his spectacular 2025.
That of the United Arab Emirates, already consecrated as a reality of the professional circuit and undisputed leader in his team, He added his second round of the highest category after the one reached last year in Itzuliasigning a stage for the memory in Frontignano.
Van der Poel tested the act
When the 147 kilometers began between Potenza Picena and San Benedetto del Tronto, few thought that the title could have escaped from the hands to Ayuso, Absolute dominator in the queen’s phase with a fulminating attack on the rise in FrontignanoThe decisive port with 7.6 kilometers at a slope of 7.9%, with an acceleration in the absence of 3 kilometers for the goal that allowed him to culminate his career alone and his great victory.
There was only one who really tried the act, that He tried to give the bell in a day program And this, in reality, was in no moment in real danger.
Opted for A van der poel of early wasteWith only 20 kilometers traveled and 127 for the visit with the only port of the day. They joined the Dutch champion Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B & B Hotels), Lucas Hamilton (Ineos Grenodiers), Bjoern Koerdt (Picnic Picnic Picnic) and Manuele Tarozzi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizani).
They were around the minute and a half of advantage, with the platoon that always rolled at good speed so as not to give the fleeting wings, which It was seen without forces as soon as the promotion started in Ripatransonewith 8.4 kilometers to 4.7%.
With the team that trampled on, only 20 seconds, Van der Poel tried to stimulate the escape without success with still 97 kilometers at the finish. The difference was already insurmountable, a matter of timeBut he did not want to give up that time, the Dutchman, author of a desperate attack solo who, as expected, died after only 3 kilometers, in full climb.
Glory went to Ayuso
Van der Poel’s rebellion in Le Ripatransone, the team closed the ranks with 92 km in advance and increased the speed after crossing the only port of the day, Starting the descent that the speed of a race has grown from that flat momentwith the scheduled final sprint.
The end was the least. The sample was sentenced. All controlled by the Spaniard. The sprinters prepared and, with surprise of a few, it was Milan who won another sprint, showing their level again in this type of test.
Glory and prominence, however, They went to an Ayuso who entered a second behind the “blue shirt”In an Italian land where it develops really well and in which the Laigueglia Trophy won a few weeks ago.
