For a rider who had just lost any chance of winning his home Grand Tour, Juan Ayuso seemed anything but troubled when talking to reporters after the Vuelta a España's first major summit finish at Andorra.
In barely six kilometres of the first-category ascent to Pal, and just a day after UAE Team Emirates-XRG had scored a notable triumph in the team time trial at Figueres, the 22-year-old Spaniard lost nearly seven minutes to lead favourite Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike).
