> "I want to do well in the Ardennes, and a good GC in the Giro doesn't fit in with that anymore. I did want to go to the Giro, but the team decided otherwise. We then came up with a program where Ayuso will do the Tour de France as leader and I will do the Ardennes Classics. I immediately said: that's what we're going to do. The Ardennes Classics are my favorite races, and since I rode the Amstel Gold Race this year, the decision was easy."
> The press conference then became tense. Skjelmose was then asked if he knew that Ayuso was also going to the Ardennes Classics. "No, not that I know of," he responded, when asked if it was new information for the Dane. "Yes, this is new to me. I can't answer the question of whether he'll help me there, because I haven't been told. I was told I would only be the leader in the Ardennes Classics."
> Finally, Skjelmose is asked about his thoughts on competing with Ayuso in the Ardennes Classics. "It's going to be fun. I think this will be our next conversation with the team," he concludes.
top fucking kek, is there anywhere where they actually like ayuso