Sepp Kuss on the Tour, finding his place in the pro peloton, and that viral mid-race battery change

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Sepp Kuss is a cyclist for WorldTour team Jumbo Visma. In 2021 he won a stage of the Tour de France, and last year helped secure the victory for his teammate Jonas Vingegaard. Last month, he helped Primož Roglič win the Giro d'Italia. In this conversation, Sepp reflects on how he’s grown as a rider since his first Grand Tour in 2018. He talks about this year’s Giro, how the team is approaching the Tour this year as reigning champions, and whether he has personal ambitions outside his rol...

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0:00.0	My wife, my parents, they said, oh, you are such an idiot.
0:03.7	What are you doing?
0:04.5	If I ever see you put your hands near your wheel again, then you are done.
0:10.7	But yeah, it's one of those things that when you're on your bike and you're in control of things, you think, oh, yeah, it's fine.
0:17.8	But then after that happened, I thought, okay, I hope I have good legs later in the race
0:21.4	and I actually do something.
0:22.6	Otherwise, I'm just going to be known as the guy that almost chopped his hand of changing a battery.
0:31.6	It's showtime, everybody.
0:33.8	Showtime!
0:36.4	You've been living in a dream world, Neo.
0:38.3	This is the world as it exists today.
0:43.3	Life moves pretty fast.
0:46.3	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:49.3	You could miss it.
0:51.3	Listen, we're talking about practice. Repeat on the dude's room. Donnie, you could miss it. Listen, we talk about practice.
0:56.2	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:57.7	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:00.1	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
1:04.0	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:08.7	This is the adventure stash with Payson McElvin.
1:13.4	Hello, everyone.
1:14.5	Really excited to bring you today's conversation with Sep Kus.
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