Sepp Kuss (born September 13, 1994) is an American professional cyclist from Durango, Colorado who rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma-Lease a Bike. [8] A talented climber, Kuss won the 2023 Vuelta a España, the first American to do so since Chris Horner in 2013. He has also won individual stages at the Tour de France and Vuelta a España . Career Kuss was on one of the earliest Durango Devo teams, a youth cycling development program in his hometown of Durango, Colorado. The program was founded by Chad Cheeney and Sarah Tescher, and their.
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For three weeks, Sepp Kuss, the 29-year-old climber from Durango, Colorado, navigated the Pyrenees, the rampas inhumanas of Asturias, and threatening attacks from outside and within his own. Sepp Kuss high-fived his way into GC contention. (Photo: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images) Thursday's summit finish was one of those days. Jumbo-Visma deployed a near-perfect tactic, and placed four riders into a big, 40-rider group that peeled away. The rest of the team rode the vapors and waited for the moment to pounce. 5 min By Sebastian Mikkelsen Sepp KUSS Cycling Road (REUTERS/Susana Vera) USA cyclist Sepp Kuss is used to being out of the spotlight, helping his captains. Now the spotlight is on him. In 2023, the super-domestique assisted Primoz Roglic in his Giro d'Italia overall victory. Kuss is only the second American male to have worn, let alone won, the maillot rojo. The only other American male to do so was Chris Horner in 2013 when he won La Vuelta at the astounding age of 41.
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Sepp Kuss won the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday to become the first American to win one of cycling's top races since Chris Horner earned the Vuelta victory in 2013. The other Grand Tour events are. · Sep. 17, 2023, 8:22 am Alvaro Barrientos/AP Jumbo Visma's Sepp Kuss, left, next to Jonas Vingegaard, waves fans before the start of the thirteen stage of La Vuelta between Pamplona and. Sepp Kuss won the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday to become the first American to win one of cycling's top races since Chris Horner earned the Vuelta victory in 2013. Sepp Kuss leads his teammates (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images) Kuss' future role at Jumbo-Visma has still to be discussed and decided. He has a contract until the end of 2024 but.
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As he demonstrated again this past month in the 2023 Tour de France, Sepp Kuss is one of the best climbers in the world and a kingmaker of a domestique who's helped his Jumbo-Visma teammates. Racing He Won the Vuelta. Now, Sepp Kuss Is Becoming a Team Leader Right Before Our Eyes. The Jumbo-Visma rider seems to have a new-found confidence as he discusses next year's Tour de France.
Jumbo-Visma chief sport director revealed to VeloNews that Kuss pedals through an old-school training program that strays far from that of his teammates and defies most modern-day coaching manuals. "Sepp has a very special training program that's quite different from other riders," Zeeman said in a call. "The others do lots of intervals. Kuss was a two-time national collegiate cross country champion and he raced World Cup events in the discipline in 2014 and 2015, but confessed that while "they're nice because it's the.
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Sepp Kuss won the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday to become the first American to win one of cycling's top races since Chris Horner earned the Vuelta victory in 2013. The other Grand Tour events are the. . Jumbo-Visma has included Sepp Kuss on the longlist with nine riders who have a chance of a place in the Vuelta selection. The American may therefore ride his third grand tour.
