n co-driver caught in the victory of the cycling classic competition

Sepp Kuss, who started the Tour of Spain in the role of co-driver of Team Jumbo-Visma, is unexpectedly pedaling to win the overall competition.

American Sepp Kuss is pedaling towards the victory of the Tour of Spain, a classic road cycling race. Kuss left the Vuelta in the role of Team Jumbo-Visma’s co-driver, but has now received an exceptional opportunity to aim for first place in the prestigious competition.

Danish Jonas Vingegaard and Slovenian Primoz Roglic started the Vuelta as the star pedals of their team, but now Kuss is doing a rare trick and rising from co-driver to the overall winner.

Team Jumbo-Visma’s tactics seemed clear. It seemed to be only a matter of time before Kuss would have to give way to the top spot in the Vuelta. The Vuelta was believed to culminate in a battle between Vingegaard and Roglic.

The cycling giants were heavily criticized for the fact that superstars Vingegaard and Roglic got all the support of the team, even though Kuss also rode brilliantly. Kuss captured the sympathy of the audience following the Vuelta with his open-minded performances.

“I had to understand the bigger picture”

After Team Jumbo-Visma got into the triple lead, the settings changed on Thursday in the 18th stage of the Vuelta. Kuss finished the stage as the best of his team and left Roglic and Vingegaard behind. This is how Kuss kept his top position in the Vuelta.

– We didn’t think before the race that we would be in the triple lead at this stage. We (the team) had to think things over and understand the bigger picture, Kuss described the team’s tactical change On Cyclingnews.

The 29-year-old Kuss is now close to the biggest win of his career. Earlier this year, Kuss reached 12th place in the Tour de France and 14th place in the Tour de Italy.

On Saturday, a 208-kilometer hilly stage will be pedaled in the Tour of Spain. The three-week event culminates in the 101.5-kilometer flat section on Sunday.

– The biggest mountain sections have already been passed, but Saturday’s section is still hard and demanding. I have to stay focused, Kuss emphasized.

Kuss did not yet want to anticipate how the coming Vuelta victory would improve his position in the Team Jumbo-Visma stable.

– Hard to say. But I think I have now realized how challenging it is to win something big. I don’t know what that means for me yet, the American thought.