Vuelta a Espana 2023 (spoilers)

[Cathryn]

It’s a PR disaster if nothing less. I feel like JV are under a lot of scrutiny and are a little unpopular because of the way they’re winning EVERYTHING at the moment. And then there’s Kuss, who everyone likes and everyone is glad to see in red. The amount of goodwill they’re earning with Kuss in red is significant. The amount of badwill they’re gathering at the moment due to J and P is significant too. It’s an own goal!

 

[Adam4868]

Jumbo stage win today then 🙄

 

[Chislenko]

Must admit I am finding it incredibly boring now. It's becoming a bit like Scottish top flight football, you hope against hope that there will be a few surprises along the way but the end result is always Celtic.

It's a big turn off for me.

 

[Mike_P]

Interesting discussion on The Breakaway between Orla, Dan, Adam and Sean Kelly. They all seem very unimpressed with how Kuss was treated. Vin seemed sympathetic to keeping Kuss in red, Rog was steely and Kuss meanwhile seemed sanguine. I guess the problem will come if he drops out of the red jersey. If it was anyone else but Kuss you could imagine the team imploding.

Was based on an assumption that Kuss had asked them to slow down. What if Kuss had given them the okay to go expecting other riders to attack? Maybe he is feeling the race more. He has faded towards the end of other grand tours.

 

[Adam4868]

Must admit I am finding it incredibly boring now. It's becoming a bit like Scottish top flight football, you hope against hope that there will be a few surprises along the way but the end result is always Celtic.

It's a big turn off for me.

Heartless b@stards the pair of em...I wouldn't care if they went back to gutting fish and ski jumping ! 🤣

 

[Alex321]

Heartless b@stards the pair of em...I wouldn't care if they went back to gutting fish and ski jumping ! 🤣

Nice guys don't win multiple grand tours.

 

[Adam4868]

Nice guys don't win multiple grand tours.

Sir Chris 😲

 

[Dogtrousers]

Sir Chris 😲

Hoy?

I thought he had to get off and have a lie down after a couple of laps of the velodrome.

 

[matticus]

If Vingo or Rog had wanted to get ahead of Kuss in GC by now, I'm pretty damn certain that one of them would have.

 

[Alex321]

Sir Chris 😲

Didn't win any Grand Tours, assuming you mean Boardman. He won a few stages.

 

[Chislenko]

I seem to recall Sepp being quoted as "not wanting to be a team leader but being happy in his role"

I suppose if you look at people like Vasil he would surely have been strong enough to win more stages than he did if he hadn't been pulling Sky / Ineos around for the last few years of his career.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I'm kind of losing interest. So what if Kuss ends up third of a TJV 1-2-3? Meh.

I suppose the detail of the order of the TJV riders is the one sliver of jeopardy remaining in the race. But it's hardly gripping.

 

[GuyBoden]

Sir Chris 😲

I think this refers to:

Chris Froome

Do you remember him?

Four times TdF winner?

 

[Adam4868]

I think this refers to:

Chris Froome

Do you remember him?

Four times TdF winner?

In hindsight I remember him attacking Sir Brad sometime around 2012...what a tw@t!
You'd never have had that with Eddy 🤣

 

[Alex321]

I think this refers to:

Chris Froome

Do you remember him?

Four times TdF winner?

He isn't a "sir Chris". He has an OBE, but not a knighthood, AIUI.

I'm not sure he was ever particularly a "nice guy" either.