"It's so disrespectful" - Sharp criticism of Primoz Roglic following attacks and interview at Alto de l'Angliru
CyclingThursday, 14 September 2023 at 09:45
The dramatic situation that unfolded on the Alto de l'Angliru was a surprise at the Vuelta a Espana. Sepp Kuss was dropped from the front of the race when riding only with teammates Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard, and the reactions to that moment are quite sharp.
"He (Primoz Roglic, ed.) wants to race... He wants to win... He knew Sepp was dropped, he was contradicting himself all the time," Sean Kelly said. Kuss at the time when he was dropped sent words through the team radio. And then, according to Mikel Landa, did not work to close the gap in the final kilometers. That was a confusing situation for spectators but moreover was the acceleration of Primoz Roglic to drop the American, not waiting for him - whilst Jonas Vingegaard followed the Slovenian.
"I think it's so unloyal, I think it's so disrespectful," Adam Blythe launches. "He (Sepp Kuss, ed.) saved his (Primoz Roglic, ed.) jersey a numerous amount of times, he might not have won all his Grand Tours if it weren't for Sepp. One time he could change this kid's life forever, and you don't have the decency or respect towards Sepp Kuss to say 'we're gonna support you me and Jonas'".
"He's suggesting he has a responsibility to himself, and the responsibility to himself is to push as hard as he can and win as much as he possibly can, and there lies the problem," Orla Chennaoui added. "It's man on man, and it simply goes against everything that we say about this beautiful sport and we love about it. One rider crosses the line with their riders in the air but it takes an entire team to take him there. On this occasion one rider will cross the line and they're having to do it with the remainder of the team who's supporting those three and not one rider in particular. It rips up that rule book entirely."
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Utter rubbish. Vingo and Rogla will take Kuss to the throne in Madrid.
I thinks the major responsible are the cowards JUMBO VISMA managers, they don't say clearly : "observing the events, in THIS tour the captain is Kuss".
Sepp - Ineos Grenadiers need a good man but will have to build a team around you. You deserve to win the Vuelta.
Rogla this is the first time you disappoint me, hope you & Jonas (he also is a cheeky monkey here) support Kuss to win from today.
Let's see how much Kuss helps these 2 ungrateful selfish riders going forward. Sepp should look for a new team at his 1st opportunity. Shame on Jonas and Primoz.
Roglic until few days ago was 2nd, now he is third in standings ? At minimum he deserves to race for a stage win. These commentators if they believe in their point should rather speak of Jonas who took over Roglic already in last days and is now very close to take over Kuss.
Terrible display of poor sportsmanship by the putative leaders of Jumbo Visma. And the arguments made by the riders, as well as in the comments below, that the "strongest rider should win", contradicts every aspect of cycling as a team sport........and is hypocritical at best. I don't imagine there are many instances of teams going with the "every one go for it" strategy. No matter what happens by the end of this tour - god forbid it's one of Roglic or Vingegaard taking the red jersey - what could have been a crowning jewel for Jumbo Visma is a tainted, shameful display of what is worst in sport. My days of rooting for JV are long gone now. And I'm not a biased American, for what it's worth.
Wow... 65 likes in 1 comment? Crazy! 0.o
I agree with this. If it is everyman for himself, don't say to the media that they would love Sepp to win. Become like UAE, Almedia dropped Ayuso to rise to eight while Ayuso almost lost 4th.
UAE without the leadership of Tadej is a joke... a sad joke. Everyone thinks about himself, marc soler with non sense attacks, Almeida drops Ayuso, Finn goes for the stage, a disaster.