"I didn't picture it happening like this" - Sepp Kuss recalls getting dropped by Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard on the Angliru
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As the off-season continues and preparation steps up for the 2024 season, Sepp Kuss has been the latest guest on the Geraint Thomas Cycling Club for a very interesting conversation.
One topic of conversation between Kuss, Thomas and co-presenter Tom Fordyce, was the infamous Angliru stage of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana, when it seemed like the American's Red Jersey hopes were being sabotaged by his own teammates.
With Fordyce asking Kuss what was going through his head at that point, "You bastards!" Thomas chimes in with a laugh. "It was kind of a mix of everything," Kuss answers more seriously. "Before that moment I thought 'I can win this stage. This stage is the one that I wanted this whole Vuelta and I feel super good.'"
It soon came to Kuss' realisation however, that things wouldn't be turning out like that. "Then yeah, with 1km to go, they go faster and faster and I'm like 'Actually, I'm on the limit'. When I realised I was getting dropped I kinda thought 'That's the end of the road for me'. This is what we agreed to and I didn't picture it happening like this but I guess that's what it's going to be."
Of course, Kuss would do just enough on that day to keep a hold of his race-lead and in the coming stages, both Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard would be notably more team focussed as the American took the first Grand Tour victory of his career.
By my point of view, he got dropped only by Vinngegard He had to stay with him. The only one who could get actually dangerous for Kuss at that day had been him. All the other days before the danish could attack as much as he wanted, Roglic had been staying on the side of Kuss. When Roglic attacked that day nobody would have said a word if the danish stayed where he belongs. But he is the selfish young driver who wanted to win the Vuelta To blame Roglic at all is very poor But easier than to blame the danish
By my point of view, he got dropped only by Vinngegard He had to stay with him. The only one who could get actually dangerous for Kuss at that day had been him. All the other days before the danish could attack as much as he wanted, Roglic had been staying on the side of Kuss. When Roglic attacked that day nobody would have said a word if the danish stayed where he belongs. But he is the selfish young driver who wanted to win the Vuelta To blame Roglic at all is very poor But easier than to blame the danish
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- That made me smile Suipedali. Nice one!Cyclingsbestfan14-03-2025
- Even if Pogi has 5s on top of Poggio, he's getting caught on descent unfortunately. And it's extremely unlikely that he will have morevappaxbipmv14-03-2025
- If Pogi can drop him, then he will winabstractengineer14-03-2025
- In that sense, those two have less in common than the link you could make between demonstrators, right handers, Hinault and Merckx.Mistermaumau14-03-2025
- "He apparently thought it was completely fine." Nothing broken and no concussion, that's as completely fine as it gets in cyclingvappaxbipmv14-03-2025
- Better safe than sorry. At least his injuries are a lot less severe than they were last year.
santiagobenites14-03-2025 - Well spotted :-)Mistermaumau14-03-2025
- One thing Jonas Vingegaard has in common with Hinault is that they are moaners, although I couldn't see Jonas giving a demonstrator a right hander!Suipedali14-03-2025
- They are surprisingly rare on the pro circuit, around our area, one in four races finishes of with a really steep 500m climb at the end.Mistermaumau14-03-2025
- Give him an uphill sprint, then he may win against pure sprinters.
KerisVroom14-03-2025