New Jumbo-Visma performance at l’Angliru, victory for Roglic and Kuss saves the lead by 8 seconds

The road put everything in their place and on the broken asphalt of l’Angliru Sepp Kusswho turned 29 this Wednesday, suffered a lot to keep the captain’s red jersey in the face of a mutiny on board led by two of his comrades, the Danish and two-time Tour champion Jonas Vingegaard and the Slovenian, winner of the Giro and triple winner of the Vuelta, the Slovenian Primoz Roglic. If in the earlier stage of Beige the villain for romantic fans who want Kuss to win the Vuelta, because he is a luxury gregarious who faces a unique opportunity and must be respected by the team, this Wednesday the villain of the film is Roglic, whose husband the day before cried to heaven in front of Vingegaard movement in Bejes.

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Roglic He was the fastest to accelerate in the last three kilometers if possible. Vingegaard stuck to his wheel, which did not give him a single comfort and did not compete on the stage, while Cuss he stayed He couldn’t Colorado follow the rhythm He spoke to his team through his earpiece, to beg for mercy or give his teammates a free pass. Kuss who earlier said that he did not want to ‘give’ the Vuelta to him is like a cat in its stomach. rely on the help of a toning Mikel Landa that now he is ‘on fire’, ending his team’s work, Bahrain Victorious. Alavés was 5th overall, he was left behind Enric Mas and have Juan Ayuso in 16 seconds, and he didn’t want to go to the Vuelta and his team forced him.

The stage, as it cannot be otherwise, is exciting, contested and terrifying for the runners. Short, only 124.5 kilometers, with two first-class climbs in the second half of the race (the Alto de la Colladella and Alto del Cordal), before dealing with impossible ramps of l’Angliruwhere, as on the best days of cycling, the fog seemed to add more glory to the efforts of the cyclists.

Evenepoel and Soler, heroes of the day

The Belgian Remco Evenepoelhelped by his companion Cattaneo, He sought glory. Wearing a polka dot jersey of the mountain, it caused him the horror to build an escape and enjoy a minimum income that would allow him to dream. He ended up achieving it to the joy of a fan who rewards the brave. How brave the Catalan is again Marc Solerwho on the ascent to Colladella attacked, probably seeking to wear out a Jumbo-Visma compact so that he arrived exhausted on the most difficult slope of Angliru and Ayuso went to attack, which the Barcelonan did not achieve.

The ascent to hell

1’34” is the margin I have Evenepoel at the beginning of l’Angliru, 12.4 kilometers from the finish line, with the last six more than 20%. They hunted Remco 5.6 from the finish line, after Bahrain assumed the climbing pace. Landa has legs and wants to take down Ayuso and Mas, which he partially achieves. The climbing speed is devilish, leaving victims at every meter, like Ayuso and Mas. Juan is 5.3 and Enric is 4.7 from the finish line. They suffered but can be said to have survived.

In front, Roglic put direct effort to achieve the second victory in the Vuelta this year and further compress the general classification, in part thanks to a Mikel Landa that was pulled Cuss so that the American continues as leader. Now the of Colorado He turned 29 years old. He blew out the candle before starting. Bittersweet anniversary? He saved the lead after the climb to l’Angliru where, as I said, Vingegaard You cannot hide, waiting for the days to come where full-scale war breaks out, or not, within the Dutch formation, in the fight for survival.