Vuelta a España Who’s going to win La Vuelta? Rest Day 2 Poll

[Bolder]

unfortunately, the winner will be picked by the DS & JVT management, UNLESS some misfortune happens to Kuss.
I mean.... Will Vingegaard attack Kuss? or Roglic for that matter? the situation is quite sketchy if you ask me

I doubt seriously that Roglic would attack Kuss. That would destroy the team and crush Roglic's reputation as a pretty nice guy.

Vingo? I'm not so sure. That guy is cold blooded.

 

[dobrien]

I believe if Kuss falters it happens on stage 20.

Agree completely; absent echelons on Friday Saturday is the most dangerous day for him.

 

[theyoungest]

I doubt seriously that Roglic would attack Kuss. That would destroy the team and crush Roglic's reputation as a pretty nice guy.

Vingo? I'm not so sure. That guy is cold blooded.

Vingegaard has definitely already tried a few times. He's following every move, of course in the hope that it sticks. I think if there's an attack on Kuss from within his own team it will be Vingegaard, for instance following Ayuso and then "oops", suddenly finding himself alone off the front.

 

[dobrien]

There’s a difference between targeting the yellow Jersey and riding for GC. Kuss was making sure to finish with the main group every.

Oh I get that completely, no disagreement there. But the fact remains Sepp's number one job at the Tour (imho) was working to ensure Jonas winning, period; I'm guessing some of those rides were to make sure he was still close in the event Jonas ran into trouble and not so much for his GC position. I may have to go back and review some results but I doubt Jumbo management would have supported Sepp going for GC if it meant endangering his availability for Jonas. But to larger point you're making, I definitely did not mean to suggest he was soft pedaling around all the time, but I also think he wasn't under the 100% physical and mental pressure of a team leader every day either which is why we're always talking about how hard the doubles are, etc. He got his days off. In any event, there is no question it's some pretty epic riding, and very much still in play as to whether he can make it to next Sunday in red.

Just my .02 anyway, cheers.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Never underestimate third week
Landa

I'm quite excited to see angliru Landa. I know he's not at the phenomenal level he hit in his best grand tours. The ones in 2015-17 and the 2019 and 2021 Giri. But I will never forget how ridiculously comfortable he was on mortirolo that epic stage in 2015, and also how good he has been on the absurdly steem climbs in Itzulia. I know he can't get close to win la vuelta but purely from a fanboy perspective I wait for that.

 

[dobrien]

Vingegaard has definitely already tried a few times. He's following every move, of course in the hope that it sticks. I think if there's an attack on Kuss from within his own team it will be Vingegaard, for instance following Ayuso and then "oops", suddenly finding himself alone off the front.

Definitely this.

 

[perico]

Remco will be personally insulted that he was left out of the poll. He’s still a GC contender. Jonas told him so!!!

 

[Berniece]

I think Kuss will win, but I can still see Vingegaard or Roglic win because they attacked as a tactic and competitors aren't able to follow.

 

[Red Rick]

I don't really get it. Kuss is seemingly in the shape of his life riding his third consecutive GT. Now I guess at least a bit of that is inferior competition but it's still absolutely remarkable.

I still think this is far from over. I think he can have a bad day any moment and something like Ayuso really going for it on the angliru could absolutely kill his gc ambitions. But I have to admit I massively underestimated him. Pretty incredible.

I dont think Kuss is better now than he was in the Pyrenees in the Tour

 

[KZD]

I keep my vote in Roglič, I think that Kuss will have a bad day and will drop after an Ayuso attack and Roglič is not looking any weaker than Vingegård.

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

Kuss. Don't think he will really lose bunch of times on Angliru, however the stage after and stage 20 can be dangerous, especially if UAE plans some long range attack

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Gearing up already for plenty of obscure rider references from LS.

Do you remember the year where Antonio Blobloblo of Egality Moroder could have won the Volta, but his clueless DS Sabrosa didn't allow him to attack his teammate Tiago Valero on Torre, which then resulted in Tino Frego from Porto Branco just riding into the abyss and win the race by 53 seconds ahead of Blobloblo, who only got the green light to drop Valero when it was much too late? Of course that whole spectacle was only made possible, because the defending champion Vítor Baía had received a 3.5 week ban shortly before the race for having ridden on an eruptive cocktail of Diet Coke and Mentos during his Volta ao Algarve triumph back in February, but in large part also due to the fact that the organizers had designed an awful route which was way too easy for true climbers like Carlos Cardozo, Rui Rodriguez and the Chilean wonder Sergio Livingstone Vidal to have a fighting chance, but at the same time too hard for Joni Vinho of Basso Mortolo, who hadn't yet entered his peak Volta years, which wouldn't happen until his antics on the crazy Senhora da Graca stage 12 months later, where he would single handedly kill the crowd favourite Joao Almida on what would since be dubbed the day that real cycling died after the experimental East German/Swedish rock band STÄSI released their legendary 12″ single about their love-hate relationship with the race, which by the way was their last recording before vocalist Dag Tag's failed suicide attempt, during which he accidentially murdered a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker inside an abandoned church with one of Täve Schur's old spare wheels.
The Torre incident made Blobloblo severely depressed, and he never became the same rider afterwards, although he did have a short lived renaissance at Faia Futuro in the latter stages of his career, but not even their manager Alfonso Ribeiro could keep him on the right track for very long. Ribeiro was of course known for being Portuguese cycling's answer to NHL's Jack Robertson, due to their way of only communicating with their athletes via telefax. I believe Blobloblo works as a pizza delivery guy nowadays.

I've voted for Kuss.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Do you remember the year where Antonio Blobloblo of Egality Moroder could have won the Volta, but his clueless DS Sabrosa didn't allow him to attack his teammate Tiago Valero on Torre, which then resulted in Tino Frego from Porto Branco just riding into the abyss and win the race by 53 seconds ahead of Blobloblo, who only got the green light to drop Valero when it was much too late? Of course that whole spectacle was only made possible, because the defending champion Vítor Baía had received a 3.5 week ban shortly before the race for having ridden on an eruptive cocktail of Diet Coke and Mentos during his Volta ao Algarve triumph back in February, but in large part also due to the fact that the organizers had designed an awful route which was way too easy for true climbers like Carlos Cardozo, Rui Rodriguez and the Chilean wonder Sergio Livingstone Vidal to have a fighting chance, but at the same time too hard for Joni Vinho of Basso Mortolo, who hadn't yet entered his peak Volta years, which wouldn't happen until his antics on the crazy Senhora da Graca stage 12 months later, where he would single handedly kill the crowd favourite Joao Almida on what would since be dubbed the day that real cycling died after the experimental East German/Swedish rock band STÄSI released their legendary 12″ single about their love-hate relationship with the race, which by the way was their last recording before vocalist Dag Tag's failed suicide attempt, during which he accidentially murdered a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker inside an abandoned church with one of Täve Schur's old spare wheels.
The Torre incident made Blobloblo severely depressed, and he never became the same rider afterwards, although he did have a short lived renaissance at Faia Futuro in the latter stages of his career, but not even their manager Alfonso Ribeiro could keep him on the right track for very long. Ribeiro was of course known for being Portuguese cycling's answer to NHL's Jack Robertson, due to their way of only communicating with their athletes via telefax. I believe Blobloblo works as a pizza delivery guy nowadays.

I've voted for Kuss.

Up there with Toby's impersonation of cyclist abi.

Though very much a different style of writing. Far longer sentences for a start.

 

[CyclistAbi]

I voted for Primož Roglič.

 

[Rob5091]

Kuss has this in the bag unless Vingegaard or Roglic has to chase down someone. Whatever happens, Jumbo wins!

 

[SHAD0W93]

I voted for Primož Roglič.

One of these days you will vote someone else and no one will notice.

 

[topcat]

Do you remember the year where Antonio Blobloblo of Egality Moroder could have won the Volta, but his clueless DS Sabrosa didn't allow him to attack his teammate Tiago Valero on Torre, which then resulted in Tino Frego from Porto Branco just riding into the abyss and win the race by 53 seconds ahead of Blobloblo, who only got the green light to drop Valero when it was much too late? Of course that whole spectacle was only made possible, because the defending champion Vítor Baía had received a 3.5 week ban shortly before the race for having ridden on an eruptive cocktail of Diet Coke and Mentos during his Volta ao Algarve triumph back in February, but in large part also due to the fact that the organizers had designed an awful route which was way too easy for true climbers like Carlos Cardozo, Rui Rodriguez and the Chilean wonder Sergio Livingstone Vidal to have a fighting chance, but at the same time too hard for Joni Vinho of Basso Mortolo, who hadn't yet entered his peak Volta years, which wouldn't happen until his antics on the crazy Senhora da Graca stage 12 months later, where he would single handedly kill the crowd favourite Joao Almida on what would since be dubbed the day that real cycling died after the experimental East German/Swedish rock band STÄSI released their legendary 12″ single about their love-hate relationship with the race, which by the way was their last recording before vocalist Dag Tag's failed suicide attempt, during which he accidentially murdered a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker inside an abandoned church with one of Täve Schur's old spare wheels.
The Torre incident made Blobloblo severely depressed, and he never became the same rider afterwards, although he did have a short lived renaissance at Faia Futuro in the latter stages of his career, but not even their manager Alfonso Ribeiro could keep him on the right track for very long. Ribeiro was of course known for being Portuguese cycling's answer to NHL's Jack Robertson, due to their way of only communicating with their athletes via telefax. I believe Blobloblo works as a pizza delivery guy nowadays.

I've voted for Kuss.

Some of your greatest work.

 

[topcat]

I voted for Primož Roglič.

Haven't heard of him.

 

[cen]

Kuss will close down a misbehaving Vinge

 

[AmRacer]

Attacking teammates? That's Moviestars patented tactic

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Up there with Toby's impersonation of cyclist abi.

Though very much a different style of writing. Far longer sentences for a start.

I voted for Primož Roglič.

These two posts happening in the same minute is perfection.

 

[Red Rick]

Do you remember the year where Antonio Blobloblo of Egality Moroder could have won the Volta, but his clueless DS Sabrosa didn't allow him to attack his teammate Tiago Valero on Torre, which then resulted in Tino Frego from Porto Branco just riding into the abyss and win the race by 53 seconds ahead of Blobloblo, who only got the green light to drop Valero when it was much too late? Of course that whole spectacle was only made possible, because the defending champion Vítor Baía had received a 3.5 week ban shortly before the race for having ridden on an eruptive cocktail of Diet Coke and Mentos during his Volta ao Algarve triumph back in February, but in large part also due to the fact that the organizers had designed an awful route which was way too easy for true climbers like Carlos Cardozo, Rui Rodriguez and the Chilean wonder Sergio Livingstone Vidal to have a fighting chance, but at the same time too hard for Joni Vinho of Basso Mortolo, who hadn't yet entered his peak Volta years, which wouldn't happen until his antics on the crazy Senhora da Graca stage 12 months later, where he would single handedly kill the crowd favourite Joao Almida on what would since be dubbed the day that real cycling died after the experimental East German/Swedish rock band STÄSI released their legendary 12″ single about their love-hate relationship with the race, which by the way was their last recording before vocalist Dag Tag's failed suicide attempt, during which he accidentially murdered a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker inside an abandoned church with one of Täve Schur's old spare wheels.
The Torre incident made Blobloblo severely depressed, and he never became the same rider afterwards, although he did have a short lived renaissance at Faia Futuro in the latter stages of his career, but not even their manager Alfonso Ribeiro could keep him on the right track for very long. Ribeiro was of course known for being Portuguese cycling's answer to NHL's Jack Robertson, due to their way of only communicating with their athletes via telefax. I believe Blobloblo works as a pizza delivery guy nowadays.

I've voted for Kuss.

What the actual serious ***

This is the best pasta in the history of pastas

 

[ontheroad]

One Kuss is all it takes!

Barring a mechanical, a crash or some internal team orders I think Sepp Kuss will win this bike race. On the face of it both Roglic and Vingegaard seem happy for him as he would appear to be a popular rider but I'd imagine a part of them wishes they could cut loose in the final week.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Do you remember the year where Antonio Blobloblo of Egality Moroder could have won the Volta, but his clueless DS Sabrosa didn't allow him to attack his teammate Tiago Valero on Torre, which then resulted in Tino Frego from Porto Branco just riding into the abyss and win the race by 53 seconds ahead of Blobloblo, who only got the green light to drop Valero when it was much too late? Of course that whole spectacle was only made possible, because the defending champion Vítor Baía had received a 3.5 week ban shortly before the race for having ridden on an eruptive cocktail of Diet Coke and Mentos during his Volta ao Algarve triumph back in February, but in large part also due to the fact that the organizers had designed an awful route which was way too easy for true climbers like Carlos Cardozo, Rui Rodriguez and the Chilean wonder Sergio Livingstone Vidal to have a fighting chance, but at the same time too hard for Joni Vinho of Basso Mortolo, who hadn't yet entered his peak Volta years, which wouldn't happen until his antics on the crazy Senhora da Graca stage 12 months later, where he would single handedly kill the crowd favourite Joao Almida on what would since be dubbed the day that real cycling died after the experimental East German/Swedish rock band STÄSI released their legendary 12″ single about their love-hate relationship with the race, which by the way was their last recording before vocalist Dag Tag's failed suicide attempt, during which he accidentially murdered a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker inside an abandoned church with one of Täve Schur's old spare wheels.
The Torre incident made Blobloblo severely depressed, and he never became the same rider afterwards, although he did have a short lived renaissance at Faia Futuro in the latter stages of his career, but not even their manager Alfonso Ribeiro could keep him on the right track for very long. Ribeiro was of course known for being Portuguese cycling's answer to NHL's Jack Robertson, due to their way of only communicating with their athletes via telefax. I believe Blobloblo works as a pizza delivery guy nowadays.

I've voted for Kuss.

Absolut legend!!!!

 

[CyclistAbi]

These two posts happening in the same minute is perfection.

Yeah, i wanted to share my point of view.