"It's a Jumbo-Visma sh*t show, when the red jersey stays you wait forever" - Johan Bruyneel's opinion on Angliru drama

Like every important day of the Vuelta a España, Johan Bruyneel has commented on the day on Lance Armstrong's Youtube podcast 'The Move'. After what happened in the Angliru between Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard and Sepp Kuss, the former US Postal sport director has given his opinion on what he thinks Jumbo-Visma is doing in the race.

"It's very strange, on the one hand you have this team that is dominating the race, with the top 3 overall, being top 3 in some stages and they have won 5 stages. So you have to say it's unbelievable. On the other hand, you have to talk about a Jumbo-Visma shit show. It's unbelievable and I don't understand it," Bruyneel said.

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He explains what happened on the Angliru until Kuss stayed behind Roglic and Vingegaard: "I'm not going to say that today (for stage 17 with the finish on the Angliru) they deliberately went to attack Sepp Kuss, they had the goal of winning with Roglic, which is something we could anticipate, he's third overall and if he wins half a minute he's still the same. When Roglic attacked he was alone with Vingegaard and Kuss, they were 3 guys together. Then when Kuss couldn't follow them, it's chaos."

And he says that in the circumstance they were in, it's incredible that they didn't wait for Kuss: "They didn't know what to do, Roglic looked back, there was no communication, I think there was nothing from the car, but these guys have been pros for a long time. You're first, second and third, you have the red jersey, you have three guys in the lead and the red jersey stays, you wait, you wait all the time! Especially when you're the one who makes the red jersey stay, not another rider."

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He harshly criticizes what the Jumbo-Visma sports management is doing: "This is going to be a completely random show by Jumbo-Visma and it's a shame because they are doing something incredible, but I can't understand, we can criticize Roglic or Vingegaard, but I don't think we should criticize them, what's really wrong is that there is no captain on that ship."

"There should be someone to tell them where they are and what to do. We are going to win the third grand tour of the year and by the way Mr. Roglic, he helped you in the Giro, by the way Mr. Vingegaard, he helped you in the Tour, little details. Today (yesterday) was his birthday, you were very happy Mr. Vingegaard to win on your daughter's birthday. Do I have to say anything else?"

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