Sepp Kuss: I would love to win the Vuelta a España

Sepp Kuss wears the overall leader's jersey during the stage 10 time trial at the Vuelta a España
Sepp Kuss wears the overall leader's jersey during the stage 10 time trial at the Vuelta a España (Image credit: Getty Images)

Sepp Kuss remains on top of the overall classification of the Vuelta a España after the stage that suited him the least, and as the race heads back into his favoured terrain, the mountains, the American spoke with renewed optimism about his chances of taking the leader's jersey all the way to Madrid.

As an out-and-out climber who last led a GC classification in the Tour of Utah back in 2018 and who usually uses time trial stages as virtual rest days, Kuss had virtually no reference points for the 26-kilometre race against the clock in Valladolid and off-race data can only get you so far.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.