If we all thought an unheard-of grand slam was a distinct possibility, few of us predicted it would be achieved with the first American winner of the Vuelta since Chris Horner in 2013. But there’s something apt in seeing the man so integral to both Primož Roglič and Jonas Vingegaard’s respective Giro and Tour triumphs earlier this season become the final piece of Jumbo-Visma’s clean sweep jigsaw in Madrid.
Sepp Kuss has been instrumental in the team’s success over the years, not least by being ever-present for all six of