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Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) crossed the road safely on the ultimate stage of the 2023 Vuelta a España, celebrating his first general victory behind the peloton together with his teammates, spreading out throughout the street in Madrid.
The 29-year-old from Durango, Colorado led a Jumbo-Visma sweep of the highest three within the closing normal classification. He topped the ultimate podium by 17 seconds forward of Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard and 1:08 on Giro d’Italia winner Primož Roglič. Jumbo-Visma made historical past because the first-ever workforce to win all three Grand Excursions in a single season.
The ultimate stage, designed for sprinters, delivered an thrilling late breakaway with Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) taking the victory, bringing no modifications to the general classification.
Juan Ayuso (UAE Workforce Emirates) completed fourth, 3:25 down and claimed the perfect younger rider classification. Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) completed fifth at 3:44 again and Enric Mas (Movistar) was sixth, at 4:14 in arrears.
The subsequent two spots have been held by Bora-Hansgrohe teammates Aleksandr Vlasov in seventh, 8:06 again, and Cian Uijtdebroeks in eighth, one other seven seconds down.
UAE Workforce Emirates’ João Almeida completed in ninth place, at 10:08. Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) rounded out the highest 10, 11:51 down.
2022 general winner Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) completed twelfth general, 16:44 adrift.
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