Teams & Riders Sepp Kuss is the next Sepp Kuss thread

[Gargamel35]

Why should they?

It's PR nightmare and a very bad business plan. Not to mention they could loose worlds best domestique with stunts like that.

 

[Scarponi]

It's PR nightmare and a very bad business plan. Not to mention they could loose worlds best domestique with stunts like that.

Letting someone win who paces for 1km every few stages due to Roglic and Vinge normally destroying everyone else isn’t worth giving a Grand Tour away to lol. They don’t sit in his wheel like Froome used to with Poels for 5km

 

[Gargamel35]

Letting someone win who paces for 1km every few stages due to Roglic and Vinge normally destroying everyone else isn’t worth giving a Grand Tour away to lol. They don’t sit in his wheel like Froome used to with Poels for 5km

They would do it if Jonas or Primož would be in red and had problems.

 

[FroomeWagon]

Letting someone win who paces for 1km every few stages due to Roglic and Vinge normally destroying everyone else isn’t worth giving a Grand Tour away to lol. They don’t sit in his wheel like Froome used to with Poels for 5km

You obviously didn't watch this years Giro when Sepp saved Roglic

Sepp Kuss keeps Primoz Roglic in the Giro d'Italia GC game

American again plays a vital team role for Jumbo-Visma

www.cyclingnews.com

or two years ago on Angliru when Roglic won the race by 24 seconds and Sepp was winning the stage but sat up and waited for Primoz because he was in trouble.

 

[iBanesto]

Kuss to UAE.

 

[Blanco]

Internally he should open his mouth and say he deserves this, that he needs this. They will never find a domestique as good as him. Everyone keeps saying that it doesn’t matter who wins as long as it’s someone from the team. The public, the peloton wants Kuss to win. What’s the problem then? Only the ego from Vingegaard and Roglic

Internally he should, and maybe he already did, we don't know. Publicly, no way.

 

[Blanco]

Why should they?

For team chemistry.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Kuss to UAE.

Kuss: help me
Almeida: Ask Ayuso
Ayuso: Ask Soler
Soler : Shhh
Yates: Ask Pogi
Pogi: Me Leader, You Helper
Finn: Sorry DS asked to attack
Team Car: Grinta Sepp.

 

[jmdirt]

For JV to ride away and then say "I hope Sepp wins" is completely disingenuous. Fine, let the legs decide, but don't talk like a politician in the post race presser.

 

[Blanco]

It seems to me that the truce is finally made. There will be no more attacking, Sepp Kuss is the new winner of La Vuelta, and I want to be the first to congratulate him!

Edit: I hope I won't "eat" my words...

 

[Scarponi]

You obviously didn't watch this years Giro when Sepp saved Roglic

Sepp Kuss keeps Primoz Roglic in the Giro d'Italia GC game

American again plays a vital team role for Jumbo-Visma

www.cyclingnews.com

or two years ago on Angliru when Roglic won the race by 24 seconds and Sepp was winning the stage but sat up and waited for Primoz because he was in trouble.

That’s his job……

 

[Rob5091]

When a Paris-Roubaix winner is doing the dom climbing duties, I don't think Kuss will have a problem today. Still 90 km to go though and Soler has had his lunch and probably feeling like attacking.

 

[Red Lobster]

An announcement that may interest no one: After mulling this for a few days, and reading all the back and forth on this forum, I've determined the right answer is that once it was clear that there is no threat of a non-JV winner (i.e., about 3k to go on the Angliru), JV should have committed to riding for Kuss 100%. You can disagree with me but then you'll be wrong.

 

[Netserk]

For JV to ride away and then say "I hope Sepp wins" is completely disingenuous. Fine, let the legs decide, but don't talk like a politician in the post race presser.

As it unfolded, Vingegaard didn't ride away from Kuss. Kuss bridged the two up to Rogla, and then he got dropped. You can blame Vingegaard for not waiting for Kuss, but he did not ride away from him.

 

[perico]

That’s his job……

Here’s the thing though… Dude has ridden 3 GTs this year, a handicap neither of his teammates have. He’s never specifically trained to lead a GT. He’s always lost time to be a helper and if he didn’t always sit up in the TTs before (on team orders) he would likely have multiple GT Top 10s at a very minimum.

I think it is pretty much a given that Kuss is one of the 4-5 best pure climbers in the peloton.

This isn’t like he’s Dani Navarro pacing Contador up mountains. I have little doubt that were Kuss to target a GC in a mountainous GT, he could easily podium without any help. He’s been pigeonholed his entire career by his team. He’s an old school American style of rider (a lot more Andy Hampsten 7 Eleven than Armstrong USPS), but the team never out any real effort into developing as anything other than a mountain goat.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Johan Bruyneel take "There should be someone to tell them where they are and what to do. We are going to win the third grand tour of the year and by the way Mr. Roglic, he helped you in the Giro, by the way Mr. Vingegaard, he helped you in the Tour, little details. Today (yesterday) was his birthday, you were very happy Mr. Vingegaard to win on your daughter's birthday. Do I have to say anything else?"

 

[Libertine Seguros]

And I'm sure if Bruyneel had gone to Lance Armstrong and suggested that he hang back and let Yaroslav Popovych have a GC win because he had been so kind to help him before, Lance would have said "sure thing Johan, he deserves it".

 

[QueenStagiaire]

And I'm sure if Bruyneel had gone to Lance Armstrong and suggested that he hang back and let Yaroslav Popovych have a GC win because he had been so kind to help him before, Lance would have said "sure thing Johan, he deserves it".

Yes, that‘s the real reason why Lance didn‘t go for Tour Vuelta doubles.

 

[theyoungest]

Bruyneel famously managed the Contador-Armstrong dual leadership to everyone's complete satisfaction

 

[FroomeWagon]

Sepp to Eurosport before today's race started.

"I am in this position because I deserve it," the American told television before the roll out.

"I deserve the support of the team. I'm not someone who often demands a lot, but I have learned that you have to stand up for yourself every now and then."

 

[KZD]

Now Kuss only needs to avoid a bad day on stage 20 and bad luck and its in the bag.

 

[Oldermanish]

You obviously didn't watch this years Giro when Sepp saved Roglic

Sepp Kuss keeps Primoz Roglic in the Giro d'Italia GC game

American again plays a vital team role for Jumbo-Visma

www.cyclingnews.com

or two years ago on Angliru when Roglic won the race by 24 seconds and Sepp was winning the stage but sat up and waited for Primoz because he was in trouble.

Looks like the JV management set the orders up as they should have. Everyone kept an eye on Ayuso and Co., rode like they normally do and didn't get theatric for the finale. The Strongest Guy won in the end, however it occurred. Barring any catastrophy in the run to Madrid.

 

[Eeslliw]

Kuss even wanted to give a shotgun seat to Roglic after yesterday stage. This guy is too good for this world.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1702021786953465959

View: https://twitter.com/ikgallas/status/1702021786953465959

 

[roundabout]

Sepp to Eurosport before today's race started.

And here's a look at Kuss saying it

 

[Libertine Seguros]

This is what I mean about the concerted media attempt to portray him as the good guy. The guy gives up a seat in a car for a short ride, and it's made out like it's some heroic act of selflessness.