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'They want to damage my image': UAE departure announcement took Ayuso by surprise
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'They want to damage my image': UAE departure announcement took Ayuso by surprise

The Spaniard describes UAE Team Emirates as 'a dictatorship' and that an earlier version of the team's statement was 'much worse'.

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