Vuelta a España Vuelta a España, stage 6: La Vall d'Uixó - Pico del Buitre, 183.1k

[VorstM]

Remco doesn't stand a chance on a proper mountain stage in this Vuelta or at next year's tour. Career at a crossroad. Good but not quite good enough at the grand tours. He should focus on one day and week long races imo.

He just won the Vuelta which is the same Grand Tour you use to judge him on his lack of abilities to win Grand Tour.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Medical release.
Km 12 fall with several involved highlighting
bib 162 multiple contusions and knee wound for suture in goal.
Dorsal 166 contusion in upper extremities and various wounds.

Km 51 dorsal 18 elbow trauma and hand and knee injuries. Transferred to the hospital

 

[Netserk]

Kuss only 12" slower than Evenepoel on the climb:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1697308652191813831

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1697308652191813831

 

[Red Rick]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1697308652191813831

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1697308652191813831

Stage designs were very similar.

In 2019 they did 34kph average

In 2023 they did 41 kph average.

 

[Escarabajo]

Kuss only 12" slower than Evenepoel on the climb:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1697308652191813831

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1697308652191813831

Shut, Lopez would have put 1 minute to Roglic and Vingo today!!!
No wonder why they don't want him racing in the WT anymore.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Shut, Lopez would have put 1 minute to Roglic and Vingo today!!!
No wonder why they don't want him racing in the WT anymore.

Haha, I absolutely love that they seriously call him „Superman Lopez“ in this list!…

Epic stuff…

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Stage designs were very similar.

In 2019 they did 34kph average

In 2023 they did 41 kph average.

Yeah, I felt the same. Just insane. When I saw Kuss averaged >41kms/hr today, I could hardly believe it.

180k, 4000 vertical meters, uphill all the day, stage 6, season is almost in September: he averages more than 41 kms/hr. On Spanish, not-so-well-rolling roads. That is an unbelievable performance, by Kuss, by Martinez, and by some others. These guys all currently ride on a Lance Armstrong or Marco Pantani level.

Uijtdebroeks dropping Vlasov here. Unbelievable. What a future Cian has.

 

[Lequack]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJB78dPVxm8

 

[tobydawq]

Kuss has almost 3 minutes on remco, mas, roglic, vineggggard, ajuso etc

Four G's in a row?

 

[RedheadDane]

Four G's in a row?

Maybe the key got stuck...

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

I hope they don't make Kuss work for Vinge and Roglic now. If they really are about the team win they need to get behind GC Kuss.
Also, how cool would it be to win each GT with a different rider. Probably a record never to be broken again.

As much as I'd love to see Kuss win the Vuelta, I don't think he can beat Remco. I am not convinced that Roglic can...Jonas...well, he's a different animal.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Four G's in a row?

Don't make fun of his online stutteringgggg.

 

[Riek s]

I hope they don't make Kuss work for Vinge and Roglic now. If they really are about the team win they need to get behind GC Kuss.
Also, how cool would it be to win each GT with a different rider. Probably a record never to be broken again.

If I was Madiot, i would be having a field day with this picture

Marc Madiot blasts Jumbo-Visma manager for claims that French riders drank beer on Tour de France rest day

‘I had four riders in the break, so he can shut his mouth’ - says Groupama-FDJ manager

www.cyclingnews.com

 

[Red Rick]

"I could have been in that breakaway, but people would have jumped on me"

~Geraint Thomas. Cycling strategist

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Four G's in a row?

Sorry man my bad. Isn't that how they would spell it in Swedish?

 

[tobydawq]

Sorry man my bad. Isn't that how they would spell it in Swedish?

No

 

[dercuforever]

There will be a day when the age of Jumbo fails and Rabofail returns to the world

But it is not this day

Damn when I was a kid I was actually sad for NL.
Always hyped in pre tour newpapers but always failing. "Why do adults think that Boogerd dude stands a chance when I, 9 years old, clearly see he is dropped when there are 15 left in the group. We suck too but at least we have kom every years"

Jumbo played PCM on easy today.

 

[hfer07]

Kuss only 12" slower than Evenepoel on the climb:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1697308652191813831

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1697308652191813831

So it wasn't ET territory.
FANTASTIC

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1697355226288894453

View: https://twitter.com/wedusport/status/1697355226288894453?s=20

 

[tobydawq]

Although early in the day I was wondering if we had a 1990 Giovannetti situation brewing, this eventually reminded me a lot of stage 16 of the Giro.

In the Giro, I had been waiting in frustration for something to happen... and when it did, we got a really good stage, but the outcome was so unpalatable that I liked it better when nothing was happening. In the Vuelta, I had been waiting in frustration for something to happen... and when it did, we got a really good stage, but the outcome was so unpalatable that I liked it better when nothing was happening.

It's just that at the Giro it took over two weeks to get to that point, whereas in the Vuelta we've still got over two weeks of potential action left.

Boohoo.

 

[tobydawq]

He doesn’t complain when Kuss rides like this!

Yes she does.

 

[Ulle97]

Yes.

Ok..... just 9secs over the 3wks.

 

[Lequack]

So it seems Vinge is saving himself for the TT again. Can we expect him to beat Ganna?

 

[Jungle Cycle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1697330240073105581

View: https://twitter.com/DeGendtThomas/status/1697330240073105581?t=UYF7Vyj_U1bWkjYqkNlAwQ&s=08

 

[IndianCyclist]

Stage designs were very similar.

In 2019 they did 34kph average

In 2023 they did 41 kph average.

Even with that the difference between Primo Roglic and Primoz Roglic is only 19 s