The drought of individual victories at the Tour de France for US riders reached 101 stages on Thursday, though it wasn't for lack of effort by the six Americans working across five teams in this year's race.
The last US rider to savour victory at the Tour was Sepp Kuss five years ago. In 2021, he soloed to the win on a climbing day in Andorra la Vella on stage 15. Will Visma let him light the ignition switch to do that again, with most of the mountain stages still to come?
