“The presenters of the podcast ‘The Move’ duo revealed their first impressions, and as is customary on the show, they didn’t overlook the organization’s shortcomings that occurred during the first week of the Vuelta a España.
“Every day there’s something, there’s drama, a change in the leader, controversy, a weather event, neutralized stages, crashes.” Regarding the circumstances causing so much controversy in La Vuelta, Bryneel hinted that although it is owned by ASO, it is still organized by the Spanish company Unipublic (criticizing the Vuelta director, Javier Guillén, and making it clear that the Vuelta a España doesn’t receive the same attention as the Tour de France). He also stated that the organization has been “unlucky with the weather conditions.”
Sepp Kuss’s Leadership
“We can think he’ll lose two minutes or two and a half, although we’ve never seen him go full throttle in a flat Time Trial,” said Bruyneel about Kuss’s potential performance.
“I think he’s going to lose time, but he’ll remain in the lead. He’s already shown he’s in better form than in the Giro and the Tour, which means that so far, neither Roglic nor Vingegaard have had to attack.
“So, they’ve shifted all the responsibility onto Remco Evenepoel and the guys from the UAE Emirates and Movistar. I think only Remco can beat Jumbo in this Vuelta, I don’t think Mas and Ayuso can.”
Lance Armstrong impressed with Sepp Kuss
“It’s incredible to be in this position, doing three Grand Tours. I never wanted to do 2 in the same year; I only did 2 once because they paid me a lot of money to race in Italy, but I wasn’t interested in doing more than one. I remember us talking about whether I would do all of them, and we said it was ‘incredible.’ It’s incredible what he’s doing.”
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