This Sunday, the North American Sepp Kuss won the 78th Vuelta a España, in which the Portuguese João Almeida was ninth, making Jumbo-Visma the first team in cycling history to win all three Grand Tours in the same season.
Kuss, 29, completed the Jumbo-Visma ‘trilogy’ in the Grand Tours, adding his victory to Jonas Vingegaard in the Tour and Primoz Roglic in the Giro, precisely the teammates who accompanied him on the final podium today. of the Vuelta: the Dane was second, 17 seconds behind, and the Slovenian third, at 01.08 minutes, in a classification in which João Almeida (UAE Emirates) was ninth, at 10.08.
Not since the 1966 Vuelta, when Kas-Kaskol took all three podium spots, has a team completed a three-week race, and it is also the first time an American has won a Grand Tour since Chris Horner became champion of the Tour. Return 2013. .
Kuss’s victory was confirmed at the end of the 21st stage, a 101.5 kilometer link between the Hipódromo de la Zarzuela and Madrid, in which the Australian Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) participated, coming from a breakaway made up of Rui Coast (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty). , he ended up being the strongest, relegating the Italian of Filippo Ganna (INEOS) and the German Nico Denz (BORA-hansgrohe), respectively, to second and third position, respectively, with the same winner in 14:24:13.
Source: TSF
