A Jumbo Battle On The Angliru? | Vuelta A España 2023 Highlights - Stage 17

Vuelta a España 2023 stage 17 highlights. A 124.5km mountain stage from Ribadesella / Ribeseya to Altu de L'Angliru. Often considered the hardest climb in cycling, riders today finish up the infamous Altu de L’Angliru. Coming after first-category climbs up Alto de la Colladiella and Alto del Cordal, the 12.4 km Angliru is bound to offer drama on it’s slopes, with several ramps hitting in excess of 20% gradients!
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[@01FozzyS]

So much for a birthday gift from his teammates. He got a better gift from Landa! Whatever TJV. Happy Birthday,Sepp! You're still the man!!

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Amazing, Landa sacrificed bonus time for himself when he was physically stronger to take the line. And yet Jonas and Roglic spat on Kuss today, leaving him in the dust with their middle fingers in the air. Unbelievable.

[@bradmott9238]

The rest of the Peleton should work together to deliver a victory for Kuss. And Sepp's agent better be on the phone "seeing what's out there."

[@rudychavira5558]

Wow all the work sepp had done for jonas, and he rides off without a worry, change teams sepp its time, dont forget sepp waited several times to help roglic on same climb last year, I'm sure UEA would love to have you. Good luck I am a huge Sepp Kuss fan

[@danb821]

Sepp is the ultimate teammate who was a critical part of Roglic and Vingegaard winning their Grand Tours this year. It just makes me furious how they stabbed him in the back the last two stages. I blame Jumbo team manages even more than the riders for letting it happen.

[@jpmorgen5726]

Wow! Gave me shivers to watch Sepp ride so well and hang on to the jersey! Happy Birthday!

[@mikebryan9744]

Never saw a team leader get destroyed by his own team.

[@RegNarnoc21]

kuss is doing a fantastic job overall with no help from his team…

[@JGRGilbert]

This was the second queen stage on this year's Vuelta, according to @GCN Racing!

[@vosch8229]

That looked like Kuss was in a different team than JV and PR.

[@scottnu5605]

JV is making cheering for Pogacar an easy choice. With friends like Roglic and Jonas, who needs enemies! I bet WVA is watching this closely as well.

[@miloscoopy2469]

Roglic and Vingergard still could not get the red jersey after stage 17. Hahaha... yet Kuss is such a gentleman congratulating both "enemies" at finish line

[@rahulkota1]

Kuss is still in Vuelta lead even when he did not have a domestique 🙄 working for him over last 3 stages itself tells how good of a GC man he is 😊

[@zedgee4514]

the biggest back stabb of all time by Jumbo and the biggest blunder of all time by Bahrain

[@the_rzh]

It really looked like Landa eased up to let Kuss take the bonus seconds

[@johnd1466]

That song with the chorus “They smile in your face, and all the wanna do is take Your place” is being rereleased by a new group The Ojumbo Vismas… back stabbed on his birthday as well!

[@bradw7457]

Much cooler than normal intro!

[@dabber1]

Whether Roglic & Vingegaard change their behaviour in the last few days remains to be seen but if they do it will be hard to believe they did it out of anything other reason than the negative backlash their actions have received. I'd like to see Sepp leave JV and go join Pog at UAE and stuff them next year.

[@terryjohnson1632]

I’ve been following pro cycling for over 50 years. I raced at the pro level domestically for over 15. I have never seen the likes of what I saw yesterday and today. Roglic and Jonas attacking Sepp like they are is asinine! There was nothing for them to gain attacking him today - and on his birthday And after he led both of them to all their grand tour victories!?! WTF? How many times has Sepp waited for teammates when he could have won it all? Didnt that happen on a previous Angliru stage with Sepp waiting on Roglic?

[@MikeK02048]

I'm pretty furious at how TJV is treating Kuss, after all Kuss has done for that team's success. They keep on saying that it doesn't matter who wins as long as it's someone from TJV. If that's true, then why isn't Kuss the protected rider? They attacked their own guy on GC! I've never seen a team do this before except when Contador did it to Lance, and he was pilloried for it. TJV could have ridden the final 3ks up the last climb and crossed the line together taking 1-2-3 on the stage. Nobody is even close on the stage or on GC. Primo could still have won the stage. But instead Primo and Jonas attacked Kuss and put him into the red. A shameful display of greed and lack of sportsmanship and teamwork. Primo has won this race three times, and Jonas has won the last two TdFs. But apparently, there's not enough glory to be shared with a loyal teammate who's been in a big way responsible for EVERY grand tour win on that team. TJV should be ashamed of themselves. They still have time to redeem themselves though. DO THE RIGHT THING TJV!!! PS - Hey Jumbo and Visma....is this how you want your riders representing your brand?? You can either have one of your riders win and have the whole world cheer for it. Or you can have one of your riders win and have the world forever use it as an example of arrogance and greed.