The Durango Kid, The Mailman,[1] The Eagle of Durango,[2][3]
Born
(1994-09-13) September 13, 1994 (age 29) Durango, Colorado
Height
1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[4]
Weight
61 kg (134 lb; 9 st 8 lb)[5]
Team information
Current team
Visma–Lease a Bike
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Rider type
Climber Super-domestique
Amateur team
2016
Gateway Harley Davidson / Trek
Professional teams
2016–2017
Rally 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
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.
^"'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.
^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.
^"Can Sepp Kuss win the Vuelta a España?". Outside. September 1, 2023. Archived from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
^"Team Jumbo-Visma | Sepp Kuss". Team Jumbo–Visma. Archived from the original on July 7, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
^"Sepp Kuss". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
^"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.
^"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.
^"Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
SeppKuss (born September 13, 1994) is an American professional cyclist from Durango, Colorado who rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. A talented...
Fortunately for Vingegaard the team's strongest mountain climbing domestique, SeppKuss, was riding with good form and would be there to start the third week...
caught on the descent. On the last climb of the day, the Col de Beixalis, SeppKuss (Team Jumbo–Visma) launched his move 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the top...
began. Wout van Aert and SeppKuss set the pacemaking late in the stage shaking off everyone but the group of favorites. Kuss drove a dominant pace all...
by the fact that Dumoulin and other Jumbo-Visma support riders such as SeppKuss would remain present in breakaways and leaders' groups to protect Roglič...
and two of Vingegaard's teammates (SeppKuss and Tiesj Benoot). On the final climb, a furious pace was set by Kuss, leaving all other contenders behind...
Tour de France with Jonas Vingegaard, and the 2023 Vuelta a España with SeppKuss. It also took the Green Jersey in Le Tour de France Femmes with Marianne...
Powless, along with Jumbo-Visma teammates Robert Gesink, George Bennett and SeppKuss, each finished between 27th and 33rd in the overall standings en route...
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