‘I didn’t see it coming’ – Sepp Kuss crashes into spectator at Tour de France

US rider Sepp Kuss of JumboVisma pictured during the first rest day of the Tour de France cycling race in ClermontFerrand France on Monday 10 July 2023 This years Tour de France takes place from 01 to 23 July 2023 BELGA PHOTO JASPER JACOBS Photo by JASPER JACOBS BELGA MAG Belga via AFP Photo by JASPER JACOBSBELGA MAGAFP via Getty Images
Tour de France 2023: Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) stands sixth on GC after stage 15 (Image credit: JASPER JACOBS / BELGA MAG AFP via Getty Images)

Sepp Kuss is never much given to making a fuss, and he wasn’t going to make an exception even when he was the victim of a crash caused by a spectator leaning into the road on stage 15 of the Tour de France.

The North American was one of several fallers with 128km remaining after a spectator bearing a phone leant into the path of the peloton. Other riders to come down in the same incident included his Jumbo-Visma teammate Nathan Van Hooydonck, Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Circus-Gobert) and Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers).

Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan was Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.