Sepp Kuss: In pursuit of weightlessness

Sepp Kuss leading Jonas Vingegaard at the Tour de France 2022
Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) at the 2022 Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images)

For Sepp Kuss, the eternal question seems to finally have an answer. Maybe he doesn't have to be a team leader. Maybe he doesn't have to be a Grand Tour contender. Maybe he can just be what he is, and be happy with that. 

For a good three years now, off-season interviews with Kuss have centred around that same point of inquisition. His performances as a mountain domestique for Jumbo-Visma have commanded respect and sometimes awe, but have always been followed by demands to know when he's going to do it all for himself. 

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Patrick Fletcher

Patrick is an NCTJ-trained journalist, and former deputy editor of Cyclingnews, who has seven years’ experience covering professional cycling. He has a modern languages degree from Durham University and has been able to put it to some use in what is a multi-lingual sport, with a particular focus on French and Spanish-speaking riders. Away from cycling, Patrick spends most of his time playing or watching other forms of sport - football, tennis, trail running, darts, to name a few, but he draws the line at rugby.