University of Colorado Boulder alumnus Sepp Kuss became the first American to win a Tour de France stage in 10 years on Sunday when he won the 15th stage of professional cycling’s premier race. The 26-year-old from Durango, Colo. is racing for Team Jumbo–Visma, a professional cycling team based out of the Netherlands.
Kuss, who has made a name for himself in professional cycling as a climbing specialist, won consecutive cross-country Collegiate Mountain Biking Championships in 2014 and 2015 for CU’s mountain biking team. He then turned his attention to road biking and went professional in 2016.