Sepp Kuss continues quest for ideal path to Tour de France

Sepp Kuss enjoying himself at the UAE Tour team presentation
Sepp Kuss enjoying himself at the UAE Tour team presentation (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

For a top WorldTour climber like Sepp Kuss, all approach roads eventually lead to the Tour de France, but even after three successful participations for himself and his team, the Jumbo-Visma climber is not averse to switching things around in the long build-up to July.

This year the Jumbo-Visma mountain specialist has opted to revert to his 2021 program of kicking things off at the 2023 UAE Tour, then going onto the Volta a Catalunya and Tour de Romandie. A notably less intense spring program than what he did in the early months of 2022, which began with the Faun-Ardèche one-day race in France, then rolled on to Strade Bianche, Tirreno-Adriatico, Itzulia Basque Country and Liège-Bastone-Liège.

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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.