American Sepp Kuss rode his Jumbo-Visma team into the history books on Sunday, giving his Dutch squad a clean sweep of both the Vuelta a España podium and wins in all three Grand Tours this year. No squad has ever done it before.
But before the celebrations had even begun the headaches for Jumbo-Visma’s management from such a victory were already coming into focus. How does the world’s most dominant team keep all its Grand Tour winners on board and happy?
Not that Kuss was thinking about any of that on Sunday. “When I woke up I thought I was dreaming,” Kuss told Spanish television before the final day’s race into Madrid, won by Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck).
As well he might be. The Colorado native is the first American to win a Grand Tour since Chris Horner won
