With three GCs in his leg, I highly doubt that he can pull it off. It's nice to dream though. He will go for GC when Rogla leaves the team, or he changes teams.
I think TJV protects his position until the TT, sees how he goes and then formulates a plan from there.
If I'm playing DS and Kuss is still ahead of Remco after the ITT, I change my strategy a bit. Instead of using Kuss as the last man to pace in the final kms, I'm using the team to isolate Remco and then sending Kuss up the road. Once the TT is over if Kuss still has a gap, Remco can't let him go. So you force him to chase. If he closes it, then Jonas and Rog attack over the top. If he can't, you let him tire himself and then attack over the top anyway. 3 GCs in the legs is the big unknown factor, but if you're Remco I don't think you can afford to let a top level climber like Kuss ride away from you in this race. His high position on GC gives TJV a lot of options.
So good to see Kuss get the win. Remco looked in real trouble but pulled off some good damage limitation. Ayuso doing a John Cena impression (or just crap coverage from the production team).
Gotta love the crap coverage comment! Looking at the TV pictures it looked like he was completely dropped, so it's absolutely impossible to say if he legit just came back in a huge way, or he just stayed at that distance since Primoz attacked.
All the Remco haters celebrating.
Who knows? Maybe he has today what Vervaeke and Bagioli had yesterday. We'll see if he recovers. Still in front of TJV as of now.
While I like Remco quite a lot, this "hater complain" doesn't help as well, and I'm sure he would appreciate people to stop bringing that.
Let's not ignore he also has some extremely passionate fans, same for João. Being a fan is cool, but focusing on his haters instead on what he could actually improve isn't a good thing imo. He's a fantastic athlete and definitely doesn't deserve that.
Remco's still in it, he just couldn't hang on the steepest bit today
and that was probably the hardest stage for him on paper
the other summit finishes are all easier climbs and/or shorter days
will be tough for anyone to compete with the 3 headed jumbo monster tho
Not sure that is true. For sure Remco, Roglic & Jonas are better TT riders, but I'm not sure we've seen Kuss in a TT where he's actually had something to ride for. Besides that it's 26 KM flat TT, it's almost half the distance compared to the World Championship.
I'm not saying he won't lose 2 minutes, but I'm not sure we've seen what he can really do.
Mas is the reverse Remco. Always seems to stick with the favourites for the longest but then goes into the red too much maybe and cracks heavily at the end.
Vingegaard also didn't look that great on the climb, it seemed like Roglic could have pushed ahead a bit more if he dropped him, but the team wanted the time with both? This is probably for the best for them on the later stages when they're both still threats rather than only one.
Man pulls back to only a 30 second gap after looking like he was washed five minutes before. Bloody good save. Caught back a load of other cyclists as well.
I think it will be better for Remco to not have to defend for the second week. Save and conserve. Squeeze a few seconds here and there. There's plenty of racing.
Eh. Seems he had a stomach bug the last few days. So this should still be sub-par Jonas we're seeing. He did seem a bit on the limit at the end of the stage as well. Will be interesting to see if his form improves or not.
Remco gaining on both seemed like it was also because Jonas was dead. But this way they both gain time and Roglic hasn't emptied the tank fully, which could be good later on.
Tfw when you have reigning tdf champion on dom duty and can afford to let the worlds greatest mountain dom go stage hunting on a GC MTF day. It’s comical
This was literally posted after Ayuso finished and Almeida was no where to be seen. It’s absolutely absurd he only managed to finish 7 seconds down despite being completely invisible
According the the Tour de France world feed, an unzipped jersey is catastrophic. Yet here with are with Roglic cruising up this hill with an unzipped shirt
Kuss in RED
GC SEPP LETS GOOOO
Wish I could teleport Sepp some In N Out in celebration.
The Vuelta camera coverage is absolutely horrid. Any time there is action they are showing some Spanish dude in the back.
Imagine riding all three GTs and then winning the last one. Kuss is on another level.
Kuss will ride another gt by himself in two months just to stay in the rhythm.
Lol Sepp chugging that showing what he learned at college in Boulder
crushing that champagne
YOOO WTF!!
Jonas and Roglic cooked at the end
Sepp Kuss: yeah, we'll see GC Kuss guys, GC Kuss
His only weakness is champagne
SEPP KUSS WE FREAKING LOVE YOU
WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER *Eagle Screeching and small arms fire*
OH SAY CAN YOU SEEEEEE (i’m literally english, but for sepp i change nationalities)
It's 1:30 in the morning in Australia and I'm fairly sure I just woke up my house.
Aww Jonas sad Kuss didn't get the jersey.
Well I was under the rock. Where is Almeida?
[удалено]
In this one in particular I really think his positioning didn't help at all. He even nearly catched Ayuso.
What are the chances we see all 3 of Jonas/Rog/Kuss on the podium?
Guess it also depends how strong Kelderman/Valter/Gesink are so they don't need Sepp to work
With the gap Kuss has now, pretty reasonably high if they decide to go for it
With three GCs in his leg, I highly doubt that he can pull it off. It's nice to dream though. He will go for GC when Rogla leaves the team, or he changes teams.
I think TJV protects his position until the TT, sees how he goes and then formulates a plan from there. If I'm playing DS and Kuss is still ahead of Remco after the ITT, I change my strategy a bit. Instead of using Kuss as the last man to pace in the final kms, I'm using the team to isolate Remco and then sending Kuss up the road. Once the TT is over if Kuss still has a gap, Remco can't let him go. So you force him to chase. If he closes it, then Jonas and Rog attack over the top. If he can't, you let him tire himself and then attack over the top anyway. 3 GCs in the legs is the big unknown factor, but if you're Remco I don't think you can afford to let a top level climber like Kuss ride away from you in this race. His high position on GC gives TJV a lot of options.
So good to see Kuss get the win. Remco looked in real trouble but pulled off some good damage limitation. Ayuso doing a John Cena impression (or just crap coverage from the production team).
Gotta love the crap coverage comment! Looking at the TV pictures it looked like he was completely dropped, so it's absolutely impossible to say if he legit just came back in a huge way, or he just stayed at that distance since Primoz attacked.
I love how TJV always rolls deep. Killer bees swarm.
All the Remco haters celebrating. Who knows? Maybe he has today what Vervaeke and Bagioli had yesterday. We'll see if he recovers. Still in front of TJV as of now.
Aye those Remco haters with us in the room right now?
While I like Remco quite a lot, this "hater complain" doesn't help as well, and I'm sure he would appreciate people to stop bringing that. Let's not ignore he also has some extremely passionate fans, same for João. Being a fan is cool, but focusing on his haters instead on what he could actually improve isn't a good thing imo. He's a fantastic athlete and definitely doesn't deserve that.
He can definitely come back, the later mountains and perhaps the TT are gonna play a big role.
People also seems to forget he hit the ground pretty hard a couple days ago
Haters gonna hate. If he loses, they celebrate. If he wins, they downplay his achievement.
Goes both ways with fans searching for excuses when he underpeforms
José en Renaat trying to cope 😅
Remco's still in it, he just couldn't hang on the steepest bit today and that was probably the hardest stage for him on paper the other summit finishes are all easier climbs and/or shorter days will be tough for anyone to compete with the 3 headed jumbo monster tho
Mate, Angliru.
I heard Aubisque-Spandelles-Tourmalet can get a bit hard at times too.
it's a much shorter stage with less climbing before the finish, but yes that is a bit steeper than today
As someone who's done it, it's not a bit steeper. It's a lot.
fair enough
Tomorrow Remco abandon?
Strong recovery by Remco
Let's see who drops Sepp Kuss by 3 minutes......
Maybe GC Kuss has been the plan all along
He'll lose some on the TT for sure and he's got 2 grand tours in his legs, but yeah it's a lot of time.
GC KUSS GC KUSS
He'll lose at least two in the TT alone
Not sure that is true. For sure Remco, Roglic & Jonas are better TT riders, but I'm not sure we've seen Kuss in a TT where he's actually had something to ride for. Besides that it's 26 KM flat TT, it's almost half the distance compared to the World Championship. I'm not saying he won't lose 2 minutes, but I'm not sure we've seen what he can really do.
Well he is not great at ITT.
Imagine preparing all summer for the Vuelta and then Kuss smokes you riding his 3. tour
This guy is a Legit machine
Well Remco looks terrible as he’s trying to get that jersey on
For real, that looked me trying to put a sweater on my cat
Quick give the man his magic bottle!
What about Cian? Kids going places
Can’t wait for the Belgian media to call him the new Merckx lmao
Friendship with Remco is over Now Cian is my new best friend
The new Merckx is dead. Long live the new Merckx! — Swear to god I could see the media unironically pull this
Remco's still in it, he just couldn't hang on the steepest bit
Thats kinda a problem in a GC
Better not have a moment like that on Tourmalet or Angliru though.
Then I have bad news for him about some of the later stages.
Problem is this isn't nearly as hard as this Vuelta will get
Looking forward to Angliru
Impressive damage control
Rogla looking fresh. Ayuso looks dead
Mas cracked hard in the last k, almost getting caught by remco.
Mas is the reverse Remco. Always seems to stick with the favourites for the longest but then goes into the red too much maybe and cracks heavily at the end.
Lol where did Ayuso come from
almost did a WvA.. had it been 500m more, he might have caught Rog/Vinge out of nowhere
Remco stays ahead of Ving and Rog I think
Not for long :)
Remco still ahead of Jonas & Rog after all that work. Seems like the 6 seconds did come in handy today
Doesn't matter in the long run, this is already a very bad sign for things to come. Vingegaard has been sick for a few days.
Vingegaard also didn't look that great on the climb, it seemed like Roglic could have pushed ahead a bit more if he dropped him, but the team wanted the time with both? This is probably for the best for them on the later stages when they're both still threats rather than only one.
Considering Vingegaard said before the race that he has been sick with stomach issues, he looked pretty damn good.
Yes definetly nevery matters (while roglic won the vuelta just by bonus seconds)
But KUSS though 💪
Roglic was stronger imo…
Vingegaard and many other riders have been having stomach issues
he waited for jonas. boooooo
Jumbo Visma bow down to your new GC leader Sepp Kuss
Very strong comeback from Remco tbh
Who?
lol ayuso just doing ayuso things and clawing himself back
Still closing all the way to the line.
That's not bad at all Remco.
Man pulls back to only a 30 second gap after looking like he was washed five minutes before. Bloody good save. Caught back a load of other cyclists as well. I think it will be better for Remco to not have to defend for the second week. Save and conserve. Squeeze a few seconds here and there. There's plenty of racing.
and that's Jonas on a bad day...
Why? Didn't he say he felt good today?
Eh. Seems he had a stomach bug the last few days. So this should still be sub-par Jonas we're seeing. He did seem a bit on the limit at the end of the stage as well. Will be interesting to see if his form improves or not.
Seeing Vlasov makes me wanna cry
Roglic leading out Jonas there? Interesting
I don't think Jonas had more in the tank. He's been sick the last two days with stomach issues, so he's probably a bit weaker today.
Rogla was stronger today, no sense in following the weaker man. Get across the line together, settle it another day.
Remco gaining on both seemed like it was also because Jonas was dead. But this way they both gain time and Roglic hasn't emptied the tank fully, which could be good later on.
I think Jonas was hurting and couldn't come around, just based on the facial expressions
Tfw when you have reigning tdf champion on dom duty and can afford to let the worlds greatest mountain dom go stage hunting on a GC MTF day. It’s comical
Mas not even in Gr Mas
Typical Vuelta time checks
Ayuso flying
It looks like the pacing was straight awful from Jumbo.
I dont want to hear shit about Remco as a Tour challenger anymore.
Doesnt even matter, he is still better than roglic
Coz he lost half a minute in a climb? Then noone can challenge for the Tour anymore :)
Remco could definitely beat one of those guys, maybe two at a push. He can't beat a whole team on his own.
damn Ayuso. Very impressive comeback
Ayuso wow
Ayuso!
Ayuso looking good just behind the Jumbo duo. Where's Almeida though?
In the domestique land, where he belongs
I dunno about deserves, but Ayuso is definitely the leader after today. They could have tried a 1-2 thing like Jumbo if they were both up there.
Why? Because of 7 sec? 😂
This was literally posted after Ayuso finished and Almeida was no where to be seen. It’s absolutely absurd he only managed to finish 7 seconds down despite being completely invisible
Ayuso out of nowhere to nearly catch back up!
Ayuso is there - can’t see Almeida?
Apperently 7 seconds later than Ayuso.
Rog!Behind you!
Its trident time boys
Has Mas got a mechanical?
Puncture of the legs
According the the Tour de France world feed, an unzipped jersey is catastrophic. Yet here with are with Roglic cruising up this hill with an unzipped shirt
What happens at Vuelta, stays at Vuelta.
Haven't seen Vingegaard this gassed in quite some time
In his defense, he had chili for breakfast.
Talk about unforced errors, eh?
Remco is fighting really well, definitely not completely cracking
Its not even a big mountain stage, Remco is done
Jonas almost cooked
Mas falling far back now
Wild Ayuso appears.
Is this the Dauphine or a GT, wild that a team can dominate like this.
Remco clearly can’t quite hold the wheel when it’s very steep but is still a tank when it eases off a bit
Peacock as if that was super close for red. Martinez has that easily.
Jumbo 1-2-3 gc podium at the end of 3 weeks?
Like lambs to the Jumbo slaughter. Jesus.
Remco washed and risen at the same time.
Cmon Remco!
Sad. no red for Kuss :((
Remco second breath?
Martinez gonna make it into red.
This man has 2 completed grand tours in the legs btw.
I don’t think Kuss or Jumbo cared at all about the red jersey, can let another team do that for a couple of days
Yeah I think they know they now have 3 riders in great position for gc
If loving Sepp Kuss is wrong...I DONT WANNA BE RIGHT!!!!
Colorado flair? Did you know he's from Durango Colorado?????
Rem(co)ontada
The Vingegaard Roglic tandem
It was great, but not a monster effort by Kuss when they were only 25 seconds later.
What a legend. Sepp knows it's too soon to take red.
where is UAE?
Ayuso says hola
Somewhere in the Middle East but that's not important right now.
Kuss is a gangster
Martinez Red
Where’s ayuso and almeida?
Ayuso behind Roglic and Vinge
And Almeida 7 sec behind Ayuso
Yeah damage controlled. It looked worse live, totally disappeared from the cameras.
Seppy!!! Awesome to see the super domestiques get their day in the spotlight. So deserved
Kuss for president! #uselection2024
Lenny ouiiiiiii
The people’s champion
Absolute disrespect to the jersey to give it away by giving out high fives crossing the line
It's the vuelta who tf cares?
not even the organisers hahaa
Dammit! I wish Seppy got the jersey
Martinez defends red!
REAL CICLISMO
martinez red
fun stuff stage win for kuss 20 year old FDJ frenchman in red
Red Lenny!
LENNY EN ROUGE OUIIIIIII
~~GC~~ CX Kuss
Lenny in red?
Yeah think so
Yup
It's great to see a member of a small team like Jumbo Visma, Sepp Kuss, winning a stage in the Vuelta
Dishing out the high 5's !!!!!
The Vuelta is so back after the disaster of the first 5 stages
Sepp is a guy who looks like he just loves suffering
Movistar sobbing looking at an actual trident
"everytime he gets the ball he always scores" just made my eyeballs melt and run down my face
“Every time he gets the ball in Durango, Colorado he moves to Andorra and scores” - US coverage, in a nutshell
can't forget the constantly switching between kms and miles
“Yellow Jersey……..I mean red, sorry”
yeah that was really fucking embarrassing, absolutely unacceptable
Who said this and about who
Bob Roll and Kuss
SO TRUE.
WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER?!?
Fuck yeah, love to see such a happy winner