The Turn'23: Vuelta a España: First American In Over a Decade Wins!!!! Sepp Kuss!!!

Stage Winners:
Stage 1: Team DSM-Firmenich 17'30"
Stage 2: Andreas Kron (Lotto Dstny) 4h10'25''
Stage 3: Remco Evenepoel(Soudal - Quick Step)4h15'39''
Stage 4: Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck)4h05'41''
Stage 5: Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 4h23'43''
Stage 6: Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) 4h27'29"
Stage 7: Geoffrey Soupe (TotalEnergies) 4h56'29"
Stage 8: Primož Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) 04h 13' 52"
Stage 9: Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) 04h 28' 59"
Stage 10: Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers) 27'59"
Stage 11: Jesús Herrada (ESP, Cofidis) 3h27'59"
Stage 12: Juan Sebastián Molano (COL, UAE) 3h23'35"
Stage 13: Jonas Vingegaard (DEN, JumboVisma)3h51'10"
Stage 14: Remco Evenepoel(Soudal Quick-Step)4h13’38’’
Stage 15: Rui Costa(Intermarche-Circus Wanty)3h30’56’’
Stage 16: Jonas Vingegaard (DEN, Jumbo-Visma) 2h38’23’’
Stage 17: Primož Roglic (SLO, Jumbo-Visma) 3h15’56’’
Stage 18: Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) 4h47’37’’
Stage 19: Alberto Dainese(Team dsm-firm) 3h42’09’’
Stage 20: Wout Poels (Bahrain - Victorious) 4h59’29’’
Stage 21: Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 02h24' 13''

Final Standings

Rojo General Classification:
"THE DURANGO KID" SETH KUSS 76h48'21"

Polka Dots Mtn. Classification:
REMCO EVENEPOEL SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 135 PTS

Green Points Classification:
KADEN GROVES ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 315 PTS

White Young Riders:
JUAN AYUSO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 76H 51' 39''

Teams Classification
JUMBO-VISMA 229H 42' 26''

Overall Aggressive Rider:
REMCO EVENEPOEL SOUDAL QUICK-STEP

Highest Ranked American
1st!!!! Sepp Kuss - 00H 00' 17''



FINAL GC Top 5
1. Sepp Kuss (USA, Jumbo-Visma) 69h14'04"
2. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN, Jumbo-Visma) +00'17"
3. Primož Roglic (SLO, Jumbo-Visma) +01'08"
4. Juan Ayuso (ESP, UAE Team Emirates) +03'25"
5. Mikel Landa (ESP, Bahrain - Victorious) +03'44"

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Let’s go boys! Jumbo brought all of the aliens except for Wout to try to get the sweep

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And gonna love every minute of it.

I am pumped. Finishes on the Angliru and Tourmalet.

Looking forward to seeing if Ayuso can take another step up vs the big boys.

Team Time Trial to get us started in the morning! FINALLY!
Kudos to Vuelta for bringing back one of the most awesome and entertaining formats in cycling . Been a few years, though stage one for it is a safe choice.

Rooting for the Aliens obviously.

What a joke this TTT was today. A crit course with rain and darkness for the late finishers. This discipline is about power contested on open roads and should never be contested on the kind of a course. Just mho, but that was trash.

That was epic and insane. Classic Vuelta ish

This is the craziest shite I have seen since Froome ran up Ventoux

So glad this tour is leaving Barcelona! Maybe now we can let the real racing begin.

This entire production and the race organizers are a shite show as well.
I’m in for all 3 weeks.

Will update all standings/jerseys tomorrow morning

I've been anticipating the Vuelta for a while now and never bothered to look at the start time for Stage 1. I was shocked to find they'd be racing in the dark toward the end.

I didn't get the neutralization on Stage 2 from the riders. I feel like I missed something. Seemed like they panicked because Roglic went down and decided that was enough.

Oh, and the road furniture - I could not believe what I saw on Stage 2 and I'm shocked there wasn't a pile up at several locations. There was a not-too-visible pole sticking out of the road on one of the bends at a traffic circle. I could not believe they didn't have a massive crash there. I thought it was going to get ugly.

This race is off to a strange start.

Been watching Remco's youtube channel a bit. Some interesting stuff. He was not planning for darkness on Stage 1, that's for sure. Dude be mad. I don't blame him.