Tour of Utah 2018, August 6 - August 12

[Sestriere]

Re:

Why is the Lotto NL guy chasing his own teammate.

He's probably trying to break Bookwalter.

 

[Lequack]

Some tweets:

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re: Re:

Riders spread all over the place.

Watching L'Equipe atm....

Eurosport 2?

Competently guided by Wenzel.

Im stupid, thanks. I actually still do prefer him over that haha.

 

[Lequack]

If Sep Kuss manages to win this it would be the first pro win of his career.

 

[tobydawq]

Even though he doesn't look to be descending optimally, I don't think there is any chance he won't win if the time differences are correct.

 

[Lequack]

A crash at the corner.

 

[Sestriere]

Carthy, Dombrowski, Woods. EF doesn't plan to win this race on the descents.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Did he just attack at the bottom of the climb?

 

[woodburn]

BMC and EF fail. Kuss had a minute at the top and actually has gained on the descent.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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Never heard of Sepp Kuss before.

So I guess your cycling view is limited to europe / europe u23?

He's young but had some pretty nice results in the US domestic scene which triggered LottoNL

Well yeah, he has done pretty much nothing so far this year and I don't really pay attention to other races in USA other than Tour of Utah which is one of the best hipster races around

Which confirms why you don't know him.

He's not a bad rider. And in this season he has mostly rode races in service of others at his team, as a learning experience. As trade off he can have a free role in US races

 

[Lequack]

Lotto NL is having a great year.

 

[woodburn]

I think this GPS is way off. More like 30 seconds.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Re:

I think this GPS is way off. More like 30 seconds.

Yeah, 30s

Powless 2nd lol

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Lotto crushing it here.

 

[Lequack]

 

[Lequack]

GC:

 

[Valv.Piti]

Lotto really is having an amazing season so far. I certainly won't forget who Kuss is now and that guy Powless should also be pretty good, shouldn't he. Will be a very interesting race the last two days.

 

[woodburn]

Lotto is better US development team than EF or BMC.

 

[Hakkapelit]

How come Jumbo has so many young american riders, does Bianchi have a interest or something?

 

[RedheadDane]

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How come Jumbo has so many young american riders, does Bianchi have a interest or something?

They have two. Two is many?

 

[Lequack]

And Lotto NL also still holds the mountains jersey with the young Dutch rider.

 

[pablohidalgo7]

Kuss cycling background is mostly moutain biking at USA University level. He just started his road cycling carrer in mid 2016, so he's a real talent with a huge progression margin despite being 23 years old.

 

[search]

Re: Re:

How come Jumbo has so many young american riders, does Bianchi have a interest or something?

They have two. Two is many?

well, last year they also had Vermeulen, so there is a bit of a pattern at least.

And there's no other WT team with that many (that) young Americans btw . Trek has one. And that's it, as far as I can see

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Great ride that Kuss kid

 

[Koronin]

Great job by both Kuss and Powless. This year has been a learning experience for both of them with Lotto Jumbo. I think that is why they are both free to race Utah and it looks like Powless will be racing Colorado as well.