Sepp Kuss' fourteen days as leader of the Vuelta a España meant, among other things, fourteen post-stage press conferences. But whenever the American was asked how he felt about racing three Grand Tours in a single year, the his answer was almost invariably a simple one: “I recommend it.”
For Kuss personally, proof of the validity of his comment was visible in the colour of the jersey he was wearing. And, in the aftermath of Kuss’ Vuelta victory, one imagines many feasibility studies about riding all three Grand Tours must have been carried out among rival teams.
