"I have my own thoughts about that, but I will do everything I can to keep the situation as it is now" - Primoz Roglic has mixed feelings about "GC Kuss hype-train"
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On the Alto de l'Angliru, Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard rode away from Sepp Kuss, but in the last mountain stage of the Vuelta a España they stayed at the side of the red jersey wearer.
"I am the first who wants Sepp to win this Vuelta," said the Slovenian. He indicated to journalist Daniel Friebe that the team had made the choice and that he himself had mixed feelings. After the stage, however, he emphasized that he was happy – for now. "But there are still tough days ahead. First we look at tomorrow, then at the next stages."
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Roglic later acknowledged in conversation with another journalist that it was difficult not to be able to race for the overall victory. "Yeah, for sure. I have my own thoughts about that, but I will do everything I can to keep the situation as it is now," can be seen on images shared by NBC Sports.
While the GC remained as it was, Remco Evenepoel rode from the early break to the stage victory. "Impressive," says Roglic. "He proves once again what a good rider he is, a world champion in all disciplines of road cycling. He really deserves it."
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Ondřej Zhasil is a cycling journalist at CyclingUpToDate and has been part of the team since 2023. He is based in Ostrava, the third-largest city in the Czech Republic, and covers professional cycling across the main UCI competitions, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España. A key focus of his work is startlist analysis and pre-race coverage, where he examines team selections, rider line-ups, and tactical scenarios ahead of major events.
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- I had no idea about that either.
santiagobenites10-11-2026 - great analysis thanks! appreciate you posting this. I didn't realize CX had a different standard for deviation. this is even more egregious it seems.mij10-11-2026
- As he isn't currently with Red Bull, I guess if he want to race for one more year he needs to find a team. He's 37 so this will be his last year I would guess, unless he wants to race for almost nothing like Froome did.awp10-11-2026
- I think some are making much ado about nothing. Even though Jonas is getting older, before his crash in the Tour, he looked like a solid 2nd all the way home. No one can really climb with Tadej until this year, Eric Mas showed himself which I think was a one off year for him and Paul Seixas has been able to be pretty close to him. Whatever stage race Jonas enters as long as Tadej is not there he is a favorite to win.awp10-11-2026
- Giro or not Giro, he won't win the Tour!MajorPayne10-11-2026
- Very true.awp10-11-2026
- Ciccone had a very strong end of season. Consistently attacking and livening up races. Hope he makes that last leap in progress and starts notching some significant wins. Great rider to watch.Occam10-11-2026
- Me too!!!!!Occam10-11-2026
- they can sign any 100 of top riders today but Pogi will win over Remco any time at the TDF unless something goes wrongabstractengineer10-11-2026
- the time for a GC rider to retire is when they cannot win stages, or have a significant level drop like from winner/podium into top 5/10 consistently. Roglic is still competitive and Froome raced even though he became pack fodder.abstractengineer10-11-2026
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Primoz Roglic wants Sepp Kuss to win #LaVuelta23 but admits it's also difficult to not go for more wins.
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