As a dane, id love to see sepp win this. Hes put in so many massive efforts for jonas and roglic over the years, he deserves a big win for himself.

I really hope them now 1,2,3 on GC will just allow the team to protect kuss, and work for him. He’s a super-domestique, he has helped both of them win numerous grand stages, he’s been apart of every single one I believe. This is his 3rd grand tour this year btw, most cyclists will do 1 or 2, he did the Giro, TdF, and now Vuelta. Working for him on this one would just be a massive thank you.

As a Slovenian and a massive Primož fan I'm totally in on Kuss winning this Vuelta. I really hope he does. A worthy reward for the best of super domestiques.

Jonas is actually a crazy good descender, how easy and fast he bridged to Caruso, Landa and Kuss was impressive

Honestly, what a performance by Almeida, considering he was sick, with pain in the throat and body, was dropped on the first climb and still managed to finish 15th and hold on to the top 10 GC! Massive respect, what a warrior !!

Sepp was actually the only one SMILING when he crossed the line. He looks great !!

Sepp in the post race interview basically confirmed every one in the Jumbo team was ok with Jonas winning this stage before it even started. They knew how special it would be for him as today's his daughter's birthday.

If Vingegaard attacks Kuss and steals the red jersey, the US will declare war on Denmark.

That Jonas "attack" on Sepp was a preplanned scenario to end up with a TJV 1, 2, 3 on GC. I still think that Jonas and Roglic will work for GC Kuss as long as he remains in form.

LOVE GC Kuss - but I also love how Roglic seems to be taking this like a champ. Years of horrendous luck and arguably his last shot at a GC and still is ready to hand this over to one of the team’s most loyal domestiques. Reflects well on the whole team tbh

I think what is happening here is exactly what we all feared might happen when the full might of 2023 Jumbo comes down in a GT with nothing of the season left to save for 😅 and it's even more wild with GC Kuss becoming reality after already foreshadowing with a tdf top10

Almeida ride alone like 100 km and was sick but still manage to came at the sumit at 15th and keeps in top 10 what a stage imagine if he was not sick

Watching Sepp accelerate from everyone on tourmalet was unreal. The amount of speed he had on everyone else was insane.

That was an amazing race today. For the first time, after watching the race live, I watched the replay later in the day. Jonas was really suffering at the end and Sepp was smiling away after he closed to 30 sec on Jonas. If anyone should win the red it's Sepp. He has given so much to TJV.

When Jumbo dropped evenopel and still had 7 riders left, it was over.

If Jonas and Primoz don't work for GC Kuss for the rest of the Vuelta they're dead in my eyes!! SKREEEEE THE EAGLE OF DURANGO 🦅🦅🦅

The most insane part is when Roglič shows up from nowhere :D. The other riders must have suffered real bad

GC Kuss is the reason I wake up in the morning

That fan who blocked Kuss though 💀

Scary. When have we ever seen a 1-2-3 in a grand tour stage by a team (and in GC)? Most dominant team performance I‘ve ever seen

This is now Sepp's GC to lose with the hardest stage done. Sky train mode the rest of la vuelta or we riot

Jumbo are on one, dominating both the Vuelta and Tour of GB. Unreal form.

was hilarious seeing roglic teleport to kuss at the end after being like 20 seconds back

I don’t Vingegaard was “attacking” Kuss. The plan was to let V win the stage and when you see that Kuss actually came back considerably it wasn’t a case of him not being able to respond but simply not wanting to. Tactically this was probably the most perfect mountain stage I have ever seen, TJV had all the cards in their hands and they played them to perfection.

super special day for Vinny, it is his daughter's birthday today and he said he wanted to win it for her so I think they were all extra jazzed at the end.

SEPPTEMBER CANT BE STOPPED LET THE KUSS KUSS RAIN BABY RAHHHHH🦅🦅🦅🦅

The most dominant team performance on a mountain stage we will ever see

JONAS VIIIIIINGEEEEGAAAARD!

Remco after TdF: I can hit Pogi and Jonas' numbers Remco during Vuelta: loses 27 minutes on queen stage. 😭😭💀

GC Kuss - we all wanna see it!

Damn. Did you see the speed of roglic in the end? I think he had some power left.

This was a special day for Vingegaard and i'm really happy for him. He wanted this win and he got it.

The faces JV had when they crossed the line, Jonas, quite emotional, it looked, Sepp smiling away, and Primoz stone faced as ever... Tell you a lot about their characters .... Superlative racing, a Jumbo masterclass of how to completely dismantle and demoralize the rivals... I believe that now Sepp will win, the team are just too damn good for any other. Remco, poor guy.. not the day to have a "jour sans"...

I hope as a Dane, that Sepp gets to win this Vuelta - then jumbo has 3 different winners of the 3 GC’s. Godt kørt Vingegaard! What a nice first stage win in the Vuelta.

Normally I think you are spot on with your analysis/resume, but I think you've gotten some points wrong today. The tactic from Jumbo looked very coordinated. Jonas didn't attack Kuss, he rode for stage victory today. Neither did Kuss counter attack to defend his jersey against Jonas, he attacked to build on his GC chances. I actually think Kuss could've followed Jonas today, but they chose not to, as this stage was meant for Jonas. They also have a rule on Jumbo where you can't close an attack from a teammate, you're only allowed to ride solo if you can see the other riders can't respond. For me it seems like they waited till Jonas stage victory was secure and then Kuss and partly Roglic (Looked a bit tired today) were free to chase their own ambition.

I'm gonna say it... Kuss is winning this.

Watching the stage I felt like crying. Poor Remco 💔

I so hope they let Kuss win this as an reward for all his work

that double attack from Kuss... ridiculous. how can you believe that

Jonas didn't "attack" Sepp. They needed him to make up the time he lost in the TT and be 3rd in GC behind Roglic. Also, a Jonas stage win means that he, Sepp, and Primoz all have at least one stage win. But I think Jonas will be satisfied with 3rd and TJV just needs to check if fatigue will not catch up with Kuss. If it does, I think Roglic will gun for it. The man looks like a predator crossing the line. I think he is in top form..

Vamos Vinegar!!!

Jumbo have this wrapped up, which means they’ll do all they can to for kuss to win. The chances are today marks the greatest day for the greatest GC team, beating the old sky team.

I have to think this wasn't JV "Attacking" Sepp.... More like calculated move sending JV up the road. Kiss wasn't bothered at all and when it was time, blew everyone's doors off. Now they're 1,2,3.

Jumbo visma exposed Remco on this tour

It looked like a team win for Jonas, who looked like a ghost at the end, with Sepp smiling & Primoz with more left. Go TJV.

What a performance by Almeida! You should have given him more emphasis for his brilliant 15th place. Being ill and making this recovery, imagine if he was well. What a fighter, never giving up.

This is like Gewiss ballan gone stratonuclear

Pretty sure Jonas could win this GT if he wanted to, but I'm starting to believe they'll let Kuss take it for all his efforts and just secure a full TJV podium. Would be so well deserved for Kuss.

what a worthless, idiotic headline. NO HE DID NOT attack his teammate. Jonas wanted to leap frog a few riders and get into the top three so he did. Sepp didn't need to burn any extra watts to keep his place so he basically rode Kuss tempo. Jonas did not attack Sepp. Truly, all three put the hurt on everyone else and cemented themselves as the best in the race.

UAE are going to start having nightmares about going up french mountains surrounded by Jumbo-Visma ridders.

Unbelievable riding by Kuss. His attack on the Tourmalet was as if he was on a motorbike. How do you accelerate like that, brake check because of a spectator, then relaunch? Having been involved in cycling for 30 years now, I feel like I’ve seen this before.

Almeida was ILL 🤒 that’s why he was terrible But he somehow only lost 6/7 min whilst riding ALONE in the Spandelees and Tourmalet

Imagine the team manager: So guys, who wants to win gc? Let's play rock paper scissors

Alot of debate about Jonas or Primoz "letting" Kuss win. I think the team management has something to say in the matter. Three GTs with 3 riders from 3 regions looks better and will interest sponsors who are global and not regional (ie more money)

🙄Honestly.. clueless.. this is Vingegaard working FOR Kuss… just like it was Kuss working for Roglic and Vingegaard when Kuss went into the break and gained so much time and lead! The idea is to put your opponents into a catch 22 (anything they do is a loser) force you opponents to work or lose.. once they work your teammates behind are advantaged in the counter attack because you forced them to work… BASIC cycling tactics 🤪 Was Kuss 😮attacking Vingegaard by going into the break… NO… he was advantaging his team! This is a TEAM SPORT where the goal is to get your riders across line in as high position as is possible and now Jumbo has top three positions in GC… MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! …please learn basic tactics 🙄

Remco: 'I did not know that today is a mountain stage. I was surprised'.

Well, the stage ended in France. Of course, Vingegaard was the winner. That's his jam!

Vingegaard is clearly 75% of what he was at the Tour de France, and that was enough to win the stage with a small gap; if the other two Jumbo had been free to move they would have certainly closed that gap; we can fairly say that the show will come from the fight among the three teammates...

Good stuff!

easy W for Sepp, nice that Jonas could take a win for his daughters birthday, but from now on, it must be all for Kuss (if nothing happens to him)

TJV demolition squad

He did not attack Sepp Kuss, he attacked the podium Jumbo and Kuss was in control. If Vingegaard didnt attacked, Sepp Kuss couldnt take the second place on the stage.

4:05this makes sense now 😂😂😂

This guy is so precise in his race recaps! Well done!

It better be for Sepp now and give him the opportunity for the win!

What da Fuck is a Kilometer, let’s go GC Kuss!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅

1000% LR was crying after seeing Remco get dropped😂

I do believe Kuss deserves to win this Vuelta, if this is a gift then it would definitely be a difficult one to get.

Well, in my mind Vingegaard did not attack Kuss, but all the others. You have to think, Vingegaard was just seconds ahead of Ayuso and two minutes behind Soler before the stage. So they send him out, saving 1-3 in the GC, giving him the stage win for his daughters birthday (Kuss had already his stage) and also let everybody else do the work. Vingegaard also did not intend to get red, he always looked around how big the gap to Kuss is, also giving him the chance to attack and bridge the gap to go to the final together. It was just a perfect and superb day of Jumbo, similar to last years attack on Pogacar with Roglic and Vingegaard and this years attack against Pogacar where he lost 5 minutes. Jumbo is revolutionizing the sport as a real team sport. Outstanding performances by the way of Gesink and Kelderman as well giving their leaders the opportunity not to do any leading work until 7 km before the finish, before Vingegaard attacked immediately. My prediction at the end: Kuss 1, Vingegaard 2, Roglic 3, maybe one of Kuss or Vingegaard even get the mountains jersey. Maybe even Kelderman and Valter make it to the Top 20. Finally, I don't think they have to give it to Kuss, he seems actually together with Vingegaard the strongest of all. If they would battle it out, I think he would take it. He is so strong and a real 3 weeks rider. And there is probably nobody who has earned himself this win so much than him.

Let's be real...The Vuelta is the red-headed step child of the Grand Tours (pun intended). Both Roglic and Jonas have multiple GT wins in the bag...thanks in large part to Mr. Kuss. Imho, Jumbo should defintely support Sepp for the win. He already has a significant lead and should easily win the Vuelta if his team decides to back him all the way to Madrid.

Jonas is the king-what a great performance. And best of all , He set Remco Evenepoel back for nearly 30 minunutes.....impressive

So interesting to see Kuss go all in for the whole climb not just the lead out effort domestique style

I don't think Vingo went full gas, simply because Roglic obviously played it very defensively and it is hard to imagine that he would do that without assurances that Vingegaard is not going to distance him in the GC. Not saying Roglic was necessarily as strong as Vingegaard (that stage was just perfect for Vingegaard), but he obviously stayed down for tactical reasons

Primoz coming out the corner lol wtf 💀 Primoz: yoooo! just got back sweeping the back lines lmao

Great for Sepp Kuss and murican bicycling also!

Remco SMOKES a cigarette with Jonas but after Jonas WAITED for 27 minutes

King stages are always a pleasure to watch

Great work mate 👍 ✌️ Best cycling journalist on KZfaq

i love how jonas said in the interwiew that it was his daughters birthday and he won for her

Et tu, Jonas?🤣🤣🤣 I think this is what Movistar management has always dreamed of but could never really execute. Jumbo has the hot talent, the cold-blooded tactics, and the cool-headed chemistry to sweep the podium.

Kuss goes to GC, Vingegaard takes the stage, Roglic takes some stages.. Jumbo wins wins.. Good (and expected) for Marc Soler and Juan Ayuso.. The only thing I can't understand is; how did Evenepoel get into this situation?

Jonas didn't attack Sepp. He attacked the rest of the field. He got himself into 3rd place with a bit of time on everybody else.

I want to see TJV savagely attack each other for the last week. No holds barred.

After helping Primoz and Jonas, I think Sepp deserves his own grand tour

Jonas Winning on his daughters birthday, translates into the saying: 'A Father would go through the hardest and toughest mountains, for his Child(ren) Turns out, he managed to show his Precious Frida, That he loves her so much, that not even the deadliest mountain, can stop him.

I really enjoyed your commentary. Thank you.

Slightly misleading title, Jonas did not attack Sepp, he attacked the overall classification. Clearly the tactics today for Jumbo, was moving their boys up in the GC and with Jonas the furthest behind - he was allowed to do the main attacking. Surely on the team radio, the time advantage was kept under control and they were never going to let Jonas take the jersey. Unless Sepp has a bad day, they are riding for him to win and only change could perhaps be between Jonas and Primoz.

The race would be way more exciting if Vingegaard, Roglic and Kuss were on separate teams competing against one another.

Misleading title. It was a team agreement to let Jonas go for the win since he was feeling good and wanted to devote the win to his daughter for her birthday. Even Sepp Kuss is happy for Jonas. Sorry but that IS a negative title.

Finally someone really making America great again instead of shitting on it like you know who. Go Kuss!

That's dope.

Damn, GC Kuss looks the most relaxed of the bunch.

Great description and video.

Jonas didn't ATTACK Sepp Kuss, his teammate. Jonas attacked the group containing other teams to win the stage for his team to the benefit of Sepp Kuss who could attack the group to join his teammate up the road to gain more time. Master class.

A Team J-V masterclass. Chapeau to teamwork and three brilliant performances. Marc Soler could have made his mark here, but he had no support. UAE are not the same team without Pogačar. Why was there no team work between him and Ayuso? Enric Mas not quite up to the big challenge, again. Will his time come? Geraint Thomas can't compete at this level anymore, which is a pity. Jumbo-Visma have such a strong team and now with 3 riders competing for the win and all on the podium in Madrid. How are the other teams going to break them up? Maybe cause a deliberate crash, as the UAE rider looked like he was trying to do on the previous stage when he pulled right to left and cut a swathe through the peloton with TJV riders in there. Fortunately, Roglič stayed up and the others picked there way through

I want Sepp to win, but it's a bummer to see Remco drop out of contention. Sucks all the drama out of this tour.

It's impossible ...look the attack of kuss..thank you for the mechanic doping 😅

It's RemcOver EvenepOverol

Roglic rocking the beer gut

Almeida was with a cold and had a very bad night where he badly slept he was confident before he felt sick that's why he dropped so early even tough he did a very good job being 85km+ basically lonely