It's not often you hear climbing specialists getting enthusiastic about off-road challenges, but when it comes to Sepp Kuss and the Clásica Jaén, his first race of the 2025 season, it's clear that there are a few standout exceptions to that unwritten rule.
As the Visma-Lease a Bike racer put it in the countdown to the Clásica Jaén on Monday, the 169-kilometre race through the olive groves and dusty gravel tracks of Eastern Andalucia "has something for everybody, it's a race where everybody has a chance".
