"It's better for me to lose some time and see how that goes" - Sepp Kuss opts for stage hunting at Itzulia Basque Country after Visma leader Vingegaard crashes out
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After the loss of their leader, Jonas Vingegaard in the mass crash of stage 4 at the Itzulia Basque Country, Team Visma | Lease a Bike were bright and attacking on stage 5. Among those who tried their luck, Sepp Kuss.
"It was a really fast start to the stage," the American reflects in his post-stage interview with Eurosport. "There was no real breakaway, so for me, it was nice to try and Isaac del Toro was really strong but yeah, there was a lot of headwind and flat road until the last circuit."
With more climbing tomorrow, will Kuss again try his luck and go for a stage win? "It's such a hard day that you'll have to have good legs to enjoy it!" Kuss smiles. "We'll see how the body is tomorrow and try again," he laughs.
"I tried to save my legs in the end because the GC is so close, it's better for me to lose some time and see how that goes," Kuss concludes.
In the end, it was Groupama - FDJ's Romain Gregoire who took the win on the day, in a hotly contested sprint from a reduced bunch with Mattias Skjelmose keeping hold of the leader's Yellow Jersey.
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Not sure why Kuss thinks he can ever be a GC favorite going forward. He's found his role as a climbing domestique as he can't hang with the leaders on these one week stage races.
He wouldn't be the first fluke winner to win twice. That said, the list of GC contenders leading teams while never winning throughout cycling history is very long
Sounds like the lottery then ;-) I’m not sure what to think about Kuss, does he have a split personality or what? One day he doesn’t want, now he wants again or what’s the story?
Kuss will only win, if he was a co-leader with JV, but JV is injured right now, so...
Kuss will never win any GC that has any miles of TT in it. The Vuelta was a fluke!
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- Did old man Bruyneel make this point before Jonas crashed out?Renz16-03-2025
- Good win for Ayuso. He has appeared a bit inconsistent on mountain stages in the past; absolutely brilliant on some but then cracking on others.Cooldude16-03-2025
- A little caution is understandable. Just ask Roglic.Cooldude16-03-2025
- Jorgenson needs races to improve, he won Paris Nice last year, he should have been given open rein this year. He rode his guts out for Jonas last year, Jonas just needs to build form for the Tour. Give Matteo a race without a co captain.awp16-03-2025
- Exactly. Two leaders of this caliber at the same race makes no sense.Pedalmasher16-03-2025
- Jonas attacking Matteo< who was the GC leader, on the first summit finish was ridiculous! Karma came back and bit JV in the a$$ !frieders316-03-2025
- Pidcocks Ineos Grenadier? Nice proofing lolmij16-03-2025
- Agreed. Why have these two together? Give Jorgenson his own race. They have no one in Italy for GC that’s legit and provenmij16-03-2025
- Agreed. Why have these two together? Give Jorgenson his own race. They have no one in Italy for GC that’s legit and provenmij16-03-2025
- Yes, he’s impressive at the moment but lets see how long he keeps it up first so we know this isn’t his peak whilst those he’s expected to go up against are still building up to theirs.Mistermaumau15-03-2025