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GUADARRAMA, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 16: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternate crop) (L-R) Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark, Sepp Kuss of The United States - Red Leader Jersey final overall winner and Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Team Jumbo-Visma cross the finish line during the 78th Tour of Spain 2023, Stage 20 a 207.8km stage from Manzanares El Real to Guadarrama / #UCIWT / on September 16, 2023 in Guadarrama, Spain. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

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It Doesn’t Get More Satisfying Than Sepp Kuss’s Shocking, Absurd Vuelta Win

UNSPECIFIED, SPAIN - AUGUST 31: &lt;&gt; ahead of the 78th Tour of Spain 2023 on August 31, 2023 in UNSPECIFIED, Spain. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

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Sepp Kuss Is Riding Into The Unknown

UAE Team Emirates team's American rider Brandon McNulty (L), UAE Team Emirates team's Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar (C) wearing the best young rider's white jersey, and Jumbo-Visma team's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard (R) wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey cycle in the ascent of Peyragudes during the 17th stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 129,7 km between Saint-Gaudens and Peyragudes, in southwestern France, on July 20, 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images)

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Young Americans Step Into The Tour de France Spotlight

TOPSHOT - Team Jumbo Visma's Sepp Kuss of US celebrates as he crosses the finish line of the 15th stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 191 km between Ceret and Andorre-La-Vieille, on July 11, 2021. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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Sepp Kuss Becomes The First American In A Decade To Win A Tour de France Stage

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