Former Vuelta a España winner Sepp Kuss has said that he feels it was characteristic of his now ex-teammate Simon Yates at Visma-Lease a Bike to make an abrupt and utterly unexpected decision to retire.
Early this January and shortly before the team media day, the 2025 Giro d’Italia winner announced that he was ending his career, effective immediately.
In an extensive interview with Spanish newspaper AS, Kuss – also one of the squad’s key mountain riders – argued that while Yates sudden exit was unexpected, it was also entirely within the 33-year-old’s character.
Kuss himself is aiming to complete his Grand Tour ‘set’ of stage wins with a victory in the Giro d’Italia, although the prime goal is to win it outright with Vingegaard. The Tour de France and the Vuelta a España are also possibly on the agenda.
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