/coloradan/ en /coloradan/2023/11/06/sepp-kuss-wins-vuelta-espana <span>Sepp Kuss Wins Vuelta a España</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-11-06T00:00:00-07:00" title="Monday, November 6, 2023 - 00:00">Mon, 11/06/2023 - 00:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/sm-gettyimages-1684799380.jpg?h=e634d326&amp;itok=gi3vlNML" width="1200" height="800" alt="Sepp Kuss winning the Vuelta de España"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/56"> Gallery </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/1527" hreflang="en">Cycling</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><strong>Sepp Kuss</strong> (Advert’17), center, won the Vuelta a España, one of professional cycling’s three European Grand Tours.He is the first <a href="https://www.cpr.org/2023/09/17/sepp-kuss-vuelta-a-espana-win-durango-colorado/" rel="nofollow">American to win a Grand Tour in 10 years</a>.</p><p>“At some point, I felt it was possible. I was getting stronger and more confident every day,” Kuss said after the race.“This is an achievement I will remember for the rest of my life.”</p><p>Kuss is from Durango, Colorado, and was a bike racer at CU Boulder as a student.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a class="ucb-link-button ucb-link-button-gold ucb-link-button-default ucb-link-button-regular" href="/coloradan/submit-your-feedback" rel="nofollow"><span class="ucb-link-button-contents"><i class="fa-solid fa-pencil">&nbsp;</i>&nbsp;Submit feedback to the editor</span></a></p><hr><p>Photo Courtesy Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images</p><p><br>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Kuss is the first American to win a Grand Tour in 10 years.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <a href="/coloradan/fall-2023" hreflang="und">Fall 2023</a> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2024-10/sm-gettyimages-1684799380.jpg?itok=_jV8sNG3" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Sepp Kuss"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 06 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 12082 at /coloradan