GUADARRAMA, Spain (AP) — Sepp Kuss arrived at the Spanish Vuelta tasked once more with shepherding some of the top stars in cycling over the mountains and putting them in a position to win the prestigious race.
Twenty racing days later, Kuss was congratulated by his teammates Saturday for having virtually locked up the first Grand Tour title for an American man in a decade.
“It was very special to finish the stage with my teammates after all the team had put in so much work. I am very, very happy,” Kuss said in Spanish. “ almost there ... we still have tomorrow.” The last American man to win one of cycling’s three-week races, which in addition to the Vuelta and Tour includes the Giro d’Italia, was 2013 Vuelta winner Chris Horner.
Jumbo-Visma lived up to the billing as the team to beat at the race that started last month in Barcelona. Kuss, a 29-year-old from Durango, Colorado, started cycling as a way to train all year for his passion of cross-country skiing.
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