Euskaraz irakurri: Sepp Kuss 2023ko Espainiako Vueltako irabazlea ez da Frantziako Tourrean izango, covida tarteko

2023 Vuelta a España winner Sepp Kuss of the Visma Lease a Bike teamone of the main assets of the Dutch team to help Jonas Vingegaard in the mountain stages, will not be able to run the 2024 Tour de France, due to covid, as announced by Visma. Specifically, Kuss has specified his squad, “no, have you recovered enough from a covid infection?”, and, in this way, he will not be in Florence this Saturday, which is where the 111th Tour de France begins. Visma has replaced him with the Dutchman Bart Lemmen.

Kuss, in this month of June, took part in the Critérium Dauphiné, but did not finish the race. Despite this, he was part of the team that Visma announced last week for the Tour de France, but, finally, the sports management of the Dutch team has decided to rest the American, for his complete recovery.

Sepp Kuss, in 2023, in addition to winning the Vuelta a España, also finished the other two grand tours of the season; In the Giro d’Italia, he qualified in fourteenth position, while he concluded the Tour de France, where he decisively helped Vingegaard, in twelfth place. His replacement, Bart Lemmen, does not have experience in grand tours, but he was second, in May, in the Tour of Norway, where he demonstrated skills as a good climber. So, The Visma team for the Tour will be composed of Jonas Vingegaard, Wout Van Aert, Matteo Jorgenson, Christophe Laporte, Tiesj Benoot, Wilco Kelderman, Jan Tratnik and Bart Lemmen.

Source: Eitb

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