Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2023, stage 17: Ribadesella/Ribadeseya - Altu de l’Angliru, 124.4k

[noob]

I ask again. What am I witnessing

see you at the docs office.

 

[RobertCrawley]

This is exactly how Sepptimus wants that jersey. He earned it.

 

[Panda Claws]

Team Sky shouldn't have focused so hard on these 'marginal gains' and gotten a load of the 'massive gains' Team Jumbo Visma is getting instead.

 

[Ricco']

Kuss is really the guy who throws a massive birthday party but tells his guests in advance to don't even think about bringing gifts with them.

 

[ppanther92]

Kuss is too nice ffs. The others are total assassins putting ego and themselves over the team, Kuss sacrifices all for the team.

 

[Escarabajo]

Kuss thanking his teammates for droping him! what a dude!!!

 

[johnymax]

Nothing to see here. Primož Roglič just showing the world he is the strongest.

 

[Billie]

None of them look happy.

 

[Volderke]

To be fair, while I really like Kuss and want him to win GC as much as most on this forum, I always found it very awkward if team mates were gifting wins.
This is being raced fair and square, and if Kuss wins this, he won't have stolen it and the way JV is racing, it's pure entertainment; The kind of entertainment we wouldn't have if they rode this conservative.

 

[Winnen]

Working for the teammate currently leading the GC is now considered a gift?

Yes if you are much stronger than the leader.

 

[Captain Awesome]

This is so weird. They dropp Kuss, but doesn’t push so he is still in the lead. Vingegaard didn’t push at all or sprint for the bonus seconds… really weird…

 

[Danskebjerge]

Jumbo-Visma's glorious plan: Three riders crossing the finish line in Madrid in exactly the same time in the GC.

 

[gunara]

Landa won a place in my cycling heart

What took you so long?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Kuss seems happy for Rogla, so no apparent drama between those two.

 

[RedheadDane]

Kuss waited for Landa, just so the 1-2-3 would look... slightly less ridiculously dominant.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

This is so weird. They dropp Kuss, but doesn’t push so he is still in the lead. Vingegaard didn’t push at all or sprint for the bonus seconds… really weird…

It's a glorified criterium at this point. All for the show.

 

[noob]

Never ever expected Rogla to win on angliru :O Never in my life :O

 

[Scarponi]

Do you guys realise what we're watching? This is a complete lack of respect from Jumbo towards the sport and its fans. We've been through all the EPO stuff, marginal gains and the supposedly " cleaning" of the sport just to go back full circle and have a team put 3 riders on the podium of a GT in 2023, one of them being a domestique who rode all 3 Grand Tours this year.

I can handle Roglic and Vinge but Kuss being up here is disgraceful

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[RobertCrawley]

Sepp will spend a little time in a wine shop this evening looking for something special to send to Landa's hotel.

 

[dgodave]

Come on. Can't be any harder than Coal Bank and Molas 😉

Those are like a whole Angliru each.

 

[dobrien]

Great defense by Sepp; chapeau lad!

 

[Potomac]

Do you guys realise what we're watching? This is a complete lack of respect from Jumbo towards the sport and its fans. We've been through all the EPO stuff, marginal gains and the supposedly " cleaning" of the sport just to go back full circle and have a team put 3 riders on the podium of a GT in 2023, one of them being a domestique who rode all 3 Grand Tours this year. They are playing and making gifts between each other for the last couple of weeks, what a complete circus.

ummmm.....no

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Utter disgrace to the sport.

 

[Netserk]