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In Today's Show

• Cycling News/Updates - Vuelta, Paracycling Fact
• Triathlon News/Updates - More medals than Michael Phelps, Paratriathlon Results, The Swim is Cancelled
• Ask A Coach - Why different running paces?

303Cycling News and Updates:

Vuelta Rankings

Visma | Lease a Bike and Kuss also suffered a heavy blow in the Vuelta

Kuss, who won the Vuelta last year, seemed to be in better form during the last mountain stages. He had been close to the top ten for some time, and it was only a matter of time before the American entered the top of the standings. However, on Thursday, Kuss finished 44th, ten minutes behind stage winner Urko Berrade and, more importantly, 3 minutes and 20 seconds behind the group of general classification contenders.

Landa and Kuss—who were also accompanied by riders like Adam Yates, Christián Rodriguez, and Guillaume Martin—suffered a blow in the overall standings. Landa dropped from fifth to tenth, and Kuss remained in twelfth place, but his gap to the tenth position has now increased to over four minutes. A setback for Visma | Lease a Bike, which, after the withdrawal of Wout van Aert, had put all its hopes in Kuss achieving a top-ten finish.

Belgian cyclist Wout van Aert will not race again this season after a crash in the Vuelta a Espana, his team Visma Lease a Bike said on Thursday. The 29-year-old suffered a serious knee injury following a crash during a descent in stage 16 of the Vuelta on Tuesday.

Team leader Grischa Niermann explains that Attila Valter, an early breakaway rider, dropped back to minimize the damage for the dropped Kuss. "Unfortunately, it turned out that Sepp had an off day. After today, he is still in twelfth place in the general classification, but the gap to the tenth place has