Vuelta a Espaa 2020: Kuss’s dilemma: “I don’t know what idea...

Sepp Kuss He starred in one of the moments of the 5th stage when he leaked into what seemed the good escape. He was the only one of the general’s men who managed to sneak into the runaway car. At that time, the American became a virtual leader by opening a melon that some see as a possible problem for Jumbo.

Since the formation of the Netherlands it is clear that Kuss is a luxury gregarious for Roglic, but the rider is proving to be one of the strongest in the Spanish round. It goes to more. His is not a flower of a day. I won a stage in Dauphin and on the Tour he was 15th overall after being the best gregarious in the Large Loop. Last year he won a stage at El Acebo showing that LaVuelta is a race that perfectly suits his characteristics.

Now he travels 6 in the general classification and is only 44 seconds behind the leader, his boss and partner Primoz Roglic. Therefore, Kuss’s performance on the way to Sabinigo raises some doubts. “I have seen very strange movements and misplaced attacks. We never saw that last year except the day it leaked to win but it was very far from the general. I wonder how the Jumbo is working and I think that decision does not come by part of the car. I don’t know what idea Kuss has in his head but what he had neither head nor tail yesterday, was not an idea to get into a getaway. I think there is a battle between Roglic and Kuss but if Primoz leads, Primoz lets go because Sepp has nothing to do with him in a heads-up. In any case, I don’t think you can say that Kuss is going to win the general classification because it is one thing to be in the mountains and another to not fail any day “, he says BRAND Jess Hernndez, director of the Kometa.

His move, in any case, served to show that the yellow jackets have an alternative plan to the one they completed in the Tour de France. A strategy that worked … until the last day. The leader has not seen any cracks, but the feeling within the squad is that Kuss is equal to or stronger than their leader. The one from the United States ends a contract in 2021 and needs to show up to seek an upward renewal within a Jumbo used to signing large contracts or to seek a way out.

FRIGHT FOR FAVORITES

Yesterday, 350 meters from the finish line, he was about to set off all the alarms among the main favorites because one thing was what marked the official timing and another was the times that the technical jury awarded to the cyclists. With the sprint already launched in the group of best on the ramp leading to the finish line, one drop of Rojas After touching his front wheel to the leader’s rear, he broke the group.

Finally, the jury decided that they were all in the same situation as Roglic before the end, and therefore in a position to have fought with him, so they were given the same time. A decision that did not quite convince in Jumbo. Primoz, who suffered a lot in stage 4, does not want any more scares in this LaVuelta where Kuss – at least for now – must be his best gregarious.