Sepp Kuss

Sepp Kuss
Kuss at the 2023 Vuelta a España
Personal information
NicknameThe Durango Kid
The Mailman[1]
The Eagle of Durango[2][3]
Born (1994-09-13) September 13, 1994 (age 29)
Durango, Colorado
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[4]
Weight61 kg (134 lb; 9 st 8 lb)[5]
Team information
Current teamVisma–Lease a Bike
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Super-domestique
Amateur team
2016Gateway Harley Davidson / Trek
Professional teams
2016–2017Rally Cycling
2018–LottoNL–Jumbo[6][7]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2021)
Vuelta a España
General classification (2023)
2 individual stages (2019, 2023)
1 TTT stage (2022)

Stage races

Vuelta a Burgos (2024)
Tour of Utah (2018)

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. He is also only one of two riders to win a Grand Tour having finished all three Grand Tours in the same year.

  1. ^ "'I just somersaulted': Sepp Kuss tumbles out of Tour de France top 10 after crash". VeloNews. July 22, 2023. Archived from the original on July 29, 2023. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  2. ^ Hood, Andrew (November 10, 2022). "Who is the "Eagle of Durango" mystery pro at Single Speed CX Worlds?". CyclingWeekly. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
  3. ^ "Can Sepp Kuss win the Vuelta a España?". Outside. September 1, 2023. Archived from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  4. ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma | Sepp Kuss". Team Jumbo–Visma. Archived from the original on July 7, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  5. ^ "Sepp Kuss". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  6. ^ "Cheery Christmas for ambitious Team Jumbo-Visma". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. December 21, 2018. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  7. ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. December 20, 2019. Archived from the original on January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  8. ^ "Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.